English Dictionary

rub out

動詞

他動詞 廃用 俗語

(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing. / (obsolete) To get by; to live. / (transitive, criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder.

日本語の意味

こすることで何かを消したり削除したりする / （古風な用法で）なんとか生活する、やりくりする / （犯罪スラングで）誰かを殺す、暗殺する

Please rub out the pencil marks on the page before handing in your homework.

宿題を提出する前に、ページの鉛筆の跡をこすって消してください。

意味（1）

(transitive) To delete or erase or remove (something) by rubbing.

The teacher wanted to rub out the chalk marks on the blackboard.

意味（2）

(obsolete) To get by; to live.

The first will understand but little of them, the latter over much; they might perhaps live and rub out in the middle region.

意味（3）

(transitive, criminal slang) To kill, especially to murder.

It was just a week to the day since Mr. Martin had decided to rub out Mrs. Ulgine Barrows.

rubs out （ present singular third-person ）

rubbing out （ participle present ）

rubbed out （ participle past ）

rubbed out （ past ）