rub out
Example Sentences
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They’re the stains you can’t rub out, the holes around the collar, the crease marks forever etched into fabric.
From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2024
He fidgets endlessly with his hands as if trying to rub out the scars.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2023
After the war, they saw no need to rub out their past.
From Reuters • Oct. 26, 2022
I rub out a lot and redraw to get it right.
From The Guardian • Nov. 25, 2017
That was something he’d been noticing more—that he was able to soften her, to rub out those hard edges of hers, when he smiled.
From "When Dimple Met Rishi" by Sandhya Menon
