write out
Britishverb
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to put into writing or reproduce in full form in writing
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to exhaust (oneself or one's creativity) by excessive writing
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to remove (a character) from a television or radio series
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Express in writing, especially in full form. For example, Write out your request on this form , or No abbreviations allowed; you have to write everything out . [Mid-1500s]
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write oneself out . Exhaust one's energies or abilities by writing too much, as in He's been doing a novel a year for ages, but now he's written himself out . [Early 1800s]
Example Sentences
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It feels strange that I will be the teacher of two elders who could be my grandparents, but I pull out the notebooks and pencils and write out the letters of the alphabet.
From Literature
Williams is now about six months into various projects that have involved watching video clips and writing out captions of everything that’s happening in them, and rating the quality of videos generated by prompts.
Franklin, who died in 1958, is today recognised for the integral role she played in the scientific breakthrough of DNA research, despite her work largely being written out of the story at the time.
From BBC
A code-enforcement officer sat next to a drone pilot writing out the tickets and verifying who owned or leased a property.
She was written out of our trust along with her “bad news” brother.
From MarketWatch
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