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View synonyms for rub out
rub out
verb
to remove or be removed with a rubber
slang, to murder
Australian rules football to suspend (a player)
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Idioms and Phrases
Obliterate or erase by, or as if by, rubbing. For example, Bill was so busy rubbing out the old markings that he forgot to put in new ones . [Mid-1600s]
Murder, kill, as in They threatened to rub him out if he didn't pay up . [ Slang ; mid-1800s]
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