rub out

British  

verb

1. to remove or be removed with a rubber

2. slang to murder

3. Australian rules football to suspend (a player)

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rub out Idioms  

1. 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]

2. Murder, kill, as in They threatened to rub him out if he didn't pay up . [ Slang ; mid-1800s]

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Example Sentences

Ms Hamilton stated he later took her book, rubbed out her name and wrote his instead before storing it in a cupboard containing his own documents and books.

From BBC

He fidgets endlessly with his hands as if trying to rub out the scars.

From BBC

But I felt that her story had been subsumed had been rubbed out, she'd been made invisible by the official version.

From Salon

After the war, they saw no need to rub out their past.

From Reuters

Neel didn’t bother to rub out their footprints as they climbed the lower half of the trail that sloped up the bank.

From Literature