cancel out

• Verbo frasal usado para indicar que dois ou mais fatores exercem efeitos iguais e opostos, anulando-se mutuamente; também pode indicar que algo é cancelado, eliminado ou compensado por um fator contrário.

A phrasal verb used to indicate that two or more things have an equal and opposite effect, thereby nullifying each other.

incontável · intransitivo · phrasal, inseparável

1. Neutralize or offsetinformal

   To have an equal and opposite effect, so that the original effect is removed or neutralized.

   Neutralizar

   • The gains in one area cancel out the losses in another.
   • His positive attitude cancels out his lack of experience.
   • The two forces cancel out each other, resulting in no movement.

   Sinônimosannulcounteractcounterbalancenegateneutralizenullifyoffsetundo

   Antônimosamplifyintensifyreinforce

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