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Meaning of rub out

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

rub out

verb

Definitions

  1. To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.

    Example: The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard.

  2. To get by; to live.

  3. (criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder.