Arabic-English glossary. 2015.
rub out — ► rub out 1) erase (pencil marks) with a rubber. 2) N. Amer. informal kill. Main Entry: ↑rub … English terms dictionary
rub out — verb remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing Please erase the formula on the blackboard it is wrong! • Syn: ↑erase, ↑score out, ↑efface, ↑wipe off • Derivationally related forms: ↑erasure (for … Useful english dictionary
rub out — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you rub out something that you have written on paper or a board, you remove it using a rubber or eraser. [V P n (not pron)] She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin. [Also V n P] Syn: erase 2) PHRASAL VERB If one … English dictionary
rub out — verb a) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing. The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the board. b) To kill. The first will understand but little of them, the latter over much; they might perhaps live and rub out in the… … Wiktionary
rub out — erase, obliterate; kill, murder, slay (Slang) … English contemporary dictionary
To rub out — Rub Rub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rubbing}.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.] 1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
rub out — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v., slang, murder, assassinate (see killing). II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To cancel] Syn. eradicate, erase, delete; see cancel 1 , eliminate 1 . 2. [*To kill] Syn. murder, slay, shoot; see kill 1 . III (Roget … English dictionary for students
rub out — Synonyms and related words: abbreviate, ablate, abrade, abrase, abridge, annihilate, assassinate, bark, blast, blot, blot out, blue pencil, bowdlerize, bump off, cancel, censor, chafe, cool, croak, cross out, cut, decimate, dele, delete, demolish … Moby Thesaurus
rub out — Efface, erase, obliterate, expunge, cancel, wipe out … New dictionary of synonyms
rub — /rub/, v., rubbed, rubbing, n. v.t. 1. to subject the surface of (a thing or person) to pressure and friction, as in cleaning, smoothing, polishing, coating, massaging, or soothing: to rub a table top with wax polish; to rub the entire back area … Universalium
rub something out — ERASE, delete, remove, efface, obliterate, expunge. → rub * * * erase pencil marks with an eraser * * * ˌrub sthˈout derived (BrE) (also erase … Useful english dictionary
