rub out

• Фразовый глагол, используемый для обозначения действия по стиранию или удалению чего-либо, обычно трением, или в неформальном контексте — для убийства или устранения кого-либо.

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.

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1. informalbritish

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

   Стирать

   • 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.

   Синонимыdeleteeffaceeraseexpungeobliteratewipe out

   Антонимыinscribemarkwrite

2. Kill or eliminateslangamerican

   Slang term meaning to murder or get rid of someone.

   Устранить

   • 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.

   Синонимыassassinatebump offdo ineliminateicekillliquidatemurderslaytake outwastewhack

   Антонимыsavespare

Базовый глаголrub