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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