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rule out

To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
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Submitted on August 27, 2012

Additional definitions for 'rule out':

rule outTo reject an option from a list of possibilities.
rule outTo make something impossible.
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The translation of "rule out" in Spanish is "descartar."

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