rule out

• Partikelverb, das die Handlung bezeichnet, etwas als Möglichkeit oder Option auszuschließen oder zu verwerfen.

A phrasal verb used to indicate the act of excluding or eliminating something as a possibility or option.

unzählbar · transitiv · Phrasal, trennbar

1. Exclude or eliminateformal

   To decide that something is not possible or not suitable.

   ausschließen

   • The police have ruled out foul play in the investigation.
   • We cannot rule out the possibility of a delay.
   • The doctor ruled out a broken bone after the X-ray.

   Synonymebanbarcount outdebardisqualifyeliminateexceptexcludeprecludereject

   Antonymeadmitallowincludepermit

2. Prevent or make impossibleformal

   To make something impossible or prevent it from happening.

   Ausschließen

   • The heavy rain ruled out any chance of a picnic.
   • His injury ruled him out of the competition.
   • Budget constraints ruled out the purchase of new equipment.

   Synonymebardebareliminateexcludeforbidinhibitprecludepreventprohibit

   Antonymeallowenablepermit

Grundverbrule