Rub out

verb

Word Frequency: 0.1

Definitions

1.verbTo delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.

"The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard."

2.verbTo get by; to live.

3.verb(criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder.

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