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rule out
verb
to dismiss from consideration
to make impossible; preclude or prevent
the rain ruled out outdoor games
Idioms and Phrases
Eliminate from consideration, exclude, as in The option of starting over again has been ruled out . [Second half of 1800s]
Prevent, make impossible, as in The snowstorm ruled out our weekly rehearsal . [First half of 1900s]
Example Sentences
But she didn’t rule out the possibility that some of the recent nationwide decline in tourism, especially among foreign visitors, could be attributable to traveler frustration with taxes.
The suspect "has been suffering from a mental illness for many years" and "it cannot be ruled out that he had diminished responsibility at the time of the offence", they said.
This is one option that is understood to have been ruled out.
Last week another member of the ruling coalition, the Progressives, said it would not rule out appealing to the Constitutional Court.
We asked if it is too soon to talk about Slot's job being under threat, or if change should not be ruled out.
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