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    SCORE OUT

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (verb) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Remove by or as if by rubbing or erasingplay

    Example:

    Please erase the formula on the blackboard--it is wrong!

    Synonyms:

    efface; erase; rub out; score out; wipe off

    Classified under:

    Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

    Hypernyms (to "score out" is one way to...):

    cancel; delete (remove or make invisible)

    "Score out" entails doing...:

    rub (move over something with pressure)

    Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "score out"):

    sponge (erase with a sponge; as of words on a blackboard)

    cut out; scratch out (strike or cancel by or as if by rubbing or crossing out)

    Sentence frames:

    Somebody ----s something
    Something ----s something

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