cross out

English

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cross out (third-person singular simple present crosses out, present participle crossing out, simple past and past participle crossed out)

1. (idiomatic, transitive) To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).

   If you make a mistake, just cross it out.

2. (idiomatic, transitive, African-American Vernacular, graffiti) To disrespect (someone) by covering up or painting over their graffiti, especially their name.
3. (transitive, slang) To lie to or betray (someone); to deceive or scam (someone).

Derived terms

• crossing-out

Related terms

• rub out

Translations

to strike out

• Arabic: شَطَبَ (ar) (šaṭaba)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 扠 (caa⁵)

  Mandarin: 劃掉／划掉 (zh) (huàdiào)

• Czech: škrtnout (cs) pf, vyškrtnout pf, přeškrtnout pf
• Dutch: schrappen (nl)
• Esperanto: forstreki
• Finnish: yliviivata (fi)
• French: biffer (fr), rayer (fr), barrer (fr), supprimer (fr)
• German: streichen (de), ausstreichen, durchstreichen (de)
• Greek: διαγράφω (el) (diagráfo)
• Italian: sbarrare (it), depennare (it)
• Japanese: 棒引きにする (boubikinisuru)
• Kazakh: өшіру (öşıru)
• Lithuanian: perbraukti
• Malay: batalkan
• Polish: skreślać impf, skreślić (pl) pf
• Portuguese: riscar (pt)
• Romanian: bara (ro)
• Russian: вычёркивать (ru) impf (vyčórkivatʹ), вы́черкнуть (ru) pf (výčerknutʹ), зачёркивать (ru) impf (začórkivatʹ), зачеркну́ть (ru) pf (začerknútʹ)
• Slovak: škrtnúť pf, vyškrtnúť pf, preškrtnúť pf
• Spanish: tachar (es), cruzar (es)
• Swedish: stryka över (sv), stryka genom, stryka (sv)
• Thai: ขีดฆ่า (th) (kìit-kâa)
• Ukrainian: викре́слювати (vykrésljuvaty), закре́слювати (zakrésljuvaty), ви́креслити (výkreslyty)

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