Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb rub_out
1 sense of rub out
Sense 1
erase, rub out, score out, efface, wipe off -- (remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing; "Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!")
=> delete, cancel -- (remove or make invisible; "Please delete my name from your list")