| VERB | contact | rub out, erase, score out, efface, wipe off | remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing |
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| Meaning | Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | erase, score out, efface, wipe off | |
| Entails | rub | Move over something with pressure |
| Narrower | scratch out, cut out | strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out |
| sponge | Erase with a sponge | |
| Broader | delete, cancel | Remove or make invisible |
| See also | rub | move over something with pressure |
| Spanish | borrar | |
| Catalan | esborrar | |
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