Rule-out Definition

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To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
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(idiomatic) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.

As John Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule him out as a suspect.
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(idiomatic) To make something impossible.

The constant rain ruled out any chance of a game of tennis.
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To disallow.

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Rule-out Sentence Examples

  • You'll want to rule out any food allergies before trying the next new recipe.

  • It does not seem possible to rule out either interpretation; the choice between them will follow from the view taken of the general chronological arrangement of the Gospel.

  • To neither question can an answer be given in terms so precise as to exclude some latitude, but to both with sufficient exactness to rule out at once three of the six years.

  • I cant completely rule out that some areas were not bulldozed as an " armchair critic " .

  • He said the chancellor was wrong to rule out tax increases to tackle the shortfall.

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