cross out

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

(idiomatic, transitive) To strike out; to draw a line through.
If you make a mistake, just cross it out.

Derived terms

crossing-out

Related terms

rub out

Translations

to strike out

Arabic: شَطَبَ‎ (ar) (šaṭaba)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 劃掉／划掉 (zh) (huàdiào)
Cantonese: 扠 (caa⁵)
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)
Italian: sbarrare (it), depennare (it)
Japanese: 棒引きにする (boubikinisuru)
Kazakh: өшіру (kk) (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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