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rule out

English

  1. 🔊 dismiss from consideration or a contest
    “John was ruled out as a possible suspect because he had a strong alibi”
  2. 🔊 include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rules
  3. 🔊 make impossible, especially beforehand

Spanish

  1. 🔊 descartar to rule out, to discard, to discount, to dismiss, to reject

Similar words

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