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Example Sentences

I wish I could rub out my life,” she laments in the opening chapter, “twiddling knobs as on an Etch A Sketch, and start again.

Do not wet the pencil, as the lines afterwards made with it are very difficult to rub out.

They were cheering him because they expected him to rub out the word "England."

But, as dear Scott's characters say, "Let that fly stick in the wa'—when the dirt's dry, it'll rub out."

Stretch them on a bosom-board, and with a damp cloth rub out all the wrinkles.

Age can never forget its youth; nor can one easily rub out dark lines traced in his character in its forming state.

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On this page you'll find 55 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to rub out, such as: blow away, bump off, chill, deep-six, dispatch, and do away with.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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