rub out

Other forms: rubbed out; rubbing out; rubs out

Definitions of rub out
  1. verb
    remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
    synonyms: efface, erase, score out, wipe off
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    types:
    sponge
    erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard
    cut out, scratch out
    strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out
    type of:
    cancel, delete
    remove or make invisible
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