Meaning

4 senses
  1. (idiomatic, transitive)To strike out (something); to draw a line through (something).

    If you make a mistake, just cross it out.

    streichen, ausstreichen, durchstreichen

    вычёркиватьvyčórkivatʹ, вы́черкнутьvýčerknutʹ, зачёркиватьzačórkivatʹ

    викре́слюватиvykrésljuvaty, закре́слюватиzakrésljuvaty, ви́креслитиvýkreslyty

  2. (idiomatic, transitive)To disrespect (someone) by covering up or painting over their graffiti, especially their name.

  3. (slang, transitive)To lie to or betray (someone); to deceive or scam (someone).

  4. (slang)To kill; X out.

More definitions
  • remove from a list

Examples

21 sentences
  1. Cross out all the wrong answers.

    ruВычеркните все неправильные ответы.

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  2. I had to cross it out.

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  3. Cross out the words that aren't needed.

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  4. Every address on the list was crossed out.

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  5. Please cross that out.

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to strike out:
Русский
By meaning 1
to strike out:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to strike out:

Forms

crosses out, crossing out, crossed out, crossed out
Base formcross out · to cross out
3rd person singularcrosses out
Present participlecrossing out
Past simplecrossed out
Past participlecrossed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theycross out
he, she, itcrosses out

Past simpleLesson

all personscrossed out

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave crossed out
he, she, ithas crossed out

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill cross out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Synonyms

47 synonyms

Word family

2 related words
Relatedrub out

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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