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Значение идиомы rub out

[rub out] {v.}, {slang} To destroy completely; kill; eliminate.

The gangsters rubbed out four policemen before they were caught.

The gangsters told the storekeeper that if he did not pay them toprotect him, someone would rub him out.

Compare: WIPE OUT, RID OF.


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