rule out
to dismiss from consideration
to make impossible; preclude or prevent: the rain ruled out outdoor games
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How to use rule out in a sentence
One cannot rule out the possibility of covertly-trained attack iguanas.
So You Want to Rule a Kingdom? A Wacky History of One-Man Nations | Nina Strochlic | July 17, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut they also did not rule out that he “took it upon himself.”
One Year On: Mystery Still Shrouds Boston Bombers | Thomas Joscelyn | April 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the detective is not ready to rule out completely the possibility that there had indeed been abuse.
‘Nuke Mom’ Marisa Sketo Kirsh on Her Vindication | Michael Daly | December 5, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut the Curreris have yet to rule out any future football play for their son.
Friday Night Lights Out: The Concussion Debate Hits the Texas Youth Leagues | Pete Freedman | October 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHowever, the coroner did not rule out gunshot wounds, or asphyxiation as the likely cause of his demise.
Autopsies on Hannah Anderson’s Family Bring Police No Closer to a Motive | Christine Pelisek | September 24, 2013 | THE DAILY BEAST
One pays for something one has got or is going to get, and as we can rule out both reasons, the cheque is bad.
The Girl From Keller's | Harold BindlossNevertheless it would be imprudent wholly to rule out this form of sexual aberration from the causes of variability of species.
The Natural Philosophy of Love | Remy de GourmontSo he could not rule out as impossible a sudden affection for Adela Sellingworth in the heart of young Craven.
December Love | Robert HichensIn selecting such a lot, they may rule out first-class cheese that is too pale or too high-colored.
Hints on Dairying | T. D. CurtisIf we rule out the cheapest and poorest grades of articles, we find all others affording a "consumers' surplus."
Essentials of Economic Theory | John Bates Clark
Other Idioms and Phrases with rule out
Eliminate from consideration, exclude, as in The option of starting over again has been ruled out. [Second half of 1800s]
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