Meaning

2 senses

  1. To leave a surgical operating theater where one has previously scrubbed in.

    17 May 2012, New Scientist, New device lets surgeons check medical images during an operation without having to scrub out.

  2. (literally)To scrub until all uncleanliness has been removed.

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I couldn't scrub the stain out.

    ruЯ не мог оттереть пятно. — odexed

    deIch konnte den Flecken nicht wegschrubben. — xtofu80

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Forms

scrubs out, scrubbing out, scrubbed out, scrubbed out
Base formscrub out · to scrub out
3rd person singularscrubs out
Present participlescrubbing out
Past simplescrubbed out
Past participlescrubbed out

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyscrub out
he, she, itscrubs out

Past simpleLesson

all personsscrubbed out

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill scrub out

Phrasal verbs

4 phrasal verbs

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
scroungescrubscrubberscruffscruffy

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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