cross out

English

Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To strike out; to draw a line through.

   If you make a mistake, just cross it out.

   Some crossed out words

Translations

to strike out

• Dutch: schrappen (nl)
• Esperanto: forstreki
• Finnish: yliviivata (fi)
• French: biffer (fr), rayer (fr), barrer (fr), supprimer (fr)
• German: streichen (de), ausstreichen
• Italian: sbarrare (it), depennare (it)
• Japanese: 棒引きにする (boubikinisuru)

• Lithuanian: perbraukti
• Polish: skreślać impf, skreślić (pl) pf
• Russian: вычёркивать (ru) impf (vyčórkivatʹ), вы́черкнуть (ru) pf (výčerknutʹ), зачёркивать (ru) impf (začórkivatʹ), зачеркну́ть (ru) pf (začerknútʹ)
• Spanish: tachar (es), cruzar (es)
• Swedish: stryka över, stryka genom, stryka (sv)
• Ukrainian: викре́слювати (vykrésljuvaty), закре́слювати (zakrésljuvaty), ви́креслити (výkreslyty)

Related terms

• rub out

Anagrams

• outcross