rule out

• Verbo frasal que se usa para indicar la acción de excluir o eliminar algo como posibilidad u opción.

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

incontable · transitivo · phrasal, separable

1. Exclude or eliminateformal

   To decide that something is not possible or not suitable.

   Descartar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbanbarcount outdebardisqualifyeliminateexceptexcludeprecludereject

   Antónimosadmitallowincludepermit

2. Prevent or make impossibleformal

   To make something impossible or prevent it from happening.

   descartar

   • 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.

   Sinónimosbardebareliminateexcludeforbidinhibitprecludepreventprohibit

   Antónimosallowenablepermit

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