rub out

Definition

To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser).

Example Sentences

• "The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard."
• "The first will understand but little of them, the latter over much; they might perhaps live and rub out in the middle region."
• "It was just a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows."