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Definition of rub out phrasal verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

rub out

phrasal verb
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rub somebody out
  1. (North American English, slang) to murder somebody
rub something out (British English)
(also erase North American English, British English)
  1. to remove the marks made by a pencil, etc., using a rubber
    • to rub out a mistake
See rub out in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary

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