rub out

• Verbo frasal que significa borrar o eliminar algo frotando, o en contexto informal, matar o deshacerse de alguien.

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.

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. informalbritish

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

   borrar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosdeleteeffaceeraseexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Antónimosinscribemarkwrite

2. Kill or eliminateslangamerican

   Slang term meaning to murder or get rid of someone.

   eliminar, matar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosassassinatebump offdo ineliminateicekillliquidatemurderslaytake outwastewhack

   Antónimossavespare

Verbo baserub