rub out

• Deutsches Verb, das das Entfernen von etwas durch Reiben oder Wegwischen bezeichnet; umgangssprachlich auch für das Töten oder Beseitigen einer Person verwendet.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of erasing or removing something, typically by rubbing, or in informal contexts, to kill or eliminate someone.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. informalbritish

   To remove marks or writing from a surface using a rubber or eraser.

   Ausradieren

   • She rubbed out the pencil marks with an eraser.
   • He rubbed out the mistake and wrote the correct answer.
   • Please rub out the chalkboard before the next class.

   Synonymedeleteeffaceeraseexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Antonymeinscribemarkwrite

2. Kill or eliminateslangamerican

   Slang term meaning to murder or get rid of someone.

   Umbringen

   • The gangsters threatened to rub him out if he talked.
   • In the movie, the villain ordered his men to rub out the witness.
   • He was rubbed out for betraying the organization.

   Synonymeassassinatebump offdo ineliminateicekillliquidatemurderslaytake outwastewhack

   Antonymesavespare

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