Wiktionary
vb. 1 (context transitive English) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing. 2 (context obsolete English) To get by; to live. 3 (context transitive criminal slang English) To kill, especially to murder.
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Wikipedia
Rub out may refer to:
- Assassination
- Buffing
- Cancel (disambiguation)
- The Delete character in ASCII (usually written as one word, "rubout")
- Erasing
- Homicide
- Massage
- Masturbation
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Usage examples of "rub out".
Will you promise me that if you find him, you'll remember that he's your father and that blood is something you just can't rub out with violence.
The wet toweling was wrung out hard and spread in the sun to dry wherever there was room, while each piece of silk was hung on a horizontal pole, slung in the shade of a rough canvas pavilion erected at the edge of the square, and smoothed by hand to rub out wrinkles.
All the maniacs in the big American cars were maniacal because of their native stupidity, not because they wanted to rub out one David Goldfarb.
It would take hours to rub out the flaws, and he would be better exchanging it quietly for another from the stores.