rub out
Example Sentences
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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’m really sensitive to it,” she said, trying to rub out a stain from coffee she’d just spilled on her dress.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 2, 2022
Then came Captain America, alongside an interest in American history, which is ill-served by Captain America books because they rub out all the bad stuff; then Iron Man.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 10, 2018
She pinched the bridge of her nose, as if there were a mark there that she wanted to rub out.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
