English Explanatory Dictionary

rule out

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb

To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
To make something impossible.
To disallow.
To make unavailable.

Pronunciation

En-au-rule out.ogg

Word forms

rule out rules out ruling out ruled out

Synonyms

eliminate reject preclude

Antonyms

consider rule in allow

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