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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 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

Hurts passed for 380 yards despite sitting the majority of the fourth quarter with the score out of hand.

From Washington Post Dec. 5, 2022

“My lowest round, my lowest score out here, it was pretty much a perfect week,” Rahm said.

From Seattle Times Oct. 10, 2022

“My lowest round out here, my lowest score out here. It was pretty much a perfect week,” Rahm said.

From Washington Times Oct. 9, 2022

The carp are put in as yearlings or two-year-olds, when the paddies are flooded, and a score out of every hundred come out in the autumn—assuming the happiest conditions—ten inches or so long.

From The Foundations of Japan Notes Made During Journeys Of 6,000 Miles In The Rural Districts As A Basis For A Sounder Knowledge Of The Japanese People by Scott, J.W. Robertson

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