rule out

Meaning

  1. (transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
  2. (idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
  3. (idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible.
  4. (transitive) To disallow.
  5. (transitive) To make unavailable.

Synonyms

preclude
44k
reject
C1
eliminate
C1

winnow out

rule in
close out
exclude
C2
desolate
C2
disable
C2
disavow
37k
discard
C2
dishonour
28k
dismiss
C1
disqualify
33k
ditch
C1
drop
A2
give up
hinder
22k
jilt
leave out

make impossible

overturn
26k
renounce
C2
reprobate
repudiate
scratch
B2
shut out
strand
C2
thwart
29k
turn down
abandon
B2
redline
49k
scotch
B2

send packing

vote out
baffle
bar
A2
bilk
cashier
C2
debar
desert
B1
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Translations

exclure
ausschließen
éliminer
excluir
descartar
excluir
escludere
imposibilitar
evitar
impedir
interdire
écarter
uitsluiten
ausschalten
aufhalten

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