X out

English

Verb

X out (third-person singular simple present Xes out, present participle Xing out, simple past and past participle Xed out)

  1. to cross out with letter X's, or with scribble, or with lines.
    • 1997, Don Herron, Willeford, page 415:
      On a close to final copy the title The Way We Die Now has Now Xed out and replaced with Today. Then Today is Xed out and Now is returned to its place.
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