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score out

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verb

  1. (tr, adverb) to delete or cancel by marking through with a line or lines; cross out

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The AI app will then generate feedback based on how they performed and give them a score out of 10.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 6, 2026

Some powerful carries in the midfield left the defence desperately exposed with players lining up to score out wide and former ballet dancer McGhie glided over.

From BBC ● Aug. 23, 2025

The Clippers didn’t score out of the timeout but got a break when Russell Westbrook missed a fast-break layup, and Powell made a three.

From Los Angeles Times ● May 2, 2025

Martin, who recently earned the second-best all-around score out of 183 level 10s at the state championship, is off to Arizona, and her five-member freshman class includes four gymnasts from Texas.

From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023

Doubtless he died in a garret, like many other kindred spirits, Death being the only score out of the many knocking at his door that he could pay.

From The Humorous Poetry of the English Language; from Chaucer to Saxe by James Parton

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