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"(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing, especially with a rubber (eraser)."
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
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"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
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"To get by; to live."
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"(obsolete) To get by; to live."
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"text": "It was just a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows.",
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"To kill, especially to murder."
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, out."
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"text": "Coordinate term: rub off"
},
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}
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],
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"To get by; to live."
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"(obsolete) To get by; to live."
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"ref": "1942, James Thurber, The Catbird Seat",
"text": "It was just a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows.",
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"To kill, especially to murder."
],
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"(transitive, criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder."
],
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rub, out."
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "uitvagen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "wegvagen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "wegvegen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "hieroa pois"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "effacer"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "ausradieren"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "wegwischen"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "svíno",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "σβήνω"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "efacar"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "māykkuka",
"sense": "delete or erase by rubbing",
"word": "മായ്ക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "svíno",
"sense": "kill",
"word": "σβήνω"
}
],
"word": "rub out"
}
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