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21rub out — transitive verb Date: 14th century 1. to obliterate or extinguish by or as if by rubbing 2. to destroy completely; specifically kill, murder < somebody rubbed him out…with a twenty two Raymond Chandler > • rubout noun …
22rub out — v To kill. Several members of the competing gang were rubbed out. 1940s …
23rub out — to kill The act of erasing: Somebody rubbed him out this afternoon with a twenty two. (Chandler, 1939) …
24rub out — destroy completely, kill, eliminate The government troops rubbed out the whole village …
25rub out — Efface, erase, obliterate, expunge, cancel, wipe out …
26To rub out — Rub Rub, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Rubbed}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Rubbing}.] [Probably of Celtic origin; cf. W. rhwbiaw, gael. rub.] 1. To subject (a body) to the action of something moving over its surface with pressure and friction, especially to the… …
27Rub out — kill …
28rub out — Australian Slang kill …
29rub out — erase, obliterate; kill, murder, slay (Slang) …
30rub out — Kill …
