rub out

• Verbe à particule utilisé pour désigner l'action d'effacer ou de supprimer quelque chose, généralement en frottant, ou dans un contexte informel, pour tuer ou éliminer quelqu'un.

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.

indénombrable · transitif · phrasal, séparable

1. informalbritish

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

   effacer

   • 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.

   Synonymesdeleteeffaceeraseexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Antonymesinscribemarkwrite

2. Kill or eliminateslangamerican

   Slang term meaning to murder or get rid of someone.

   Descendre (quelqu'un)

   • 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.

   Synonymesassassinatebump offdo ineliminateicekillliquidatemurderslaytake outwastewhack

   Antonymessavespare

Verbe de baserub