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Verb: rub out  rúb awt
  1. Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing
    "Please rub out the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!";
    - erase, score out, efface, wipe off

Derived forms: rubbed out, rubs out, rubbing out

Type of: cancel, delete

Encyclopedia: Rub out