crosses out
Draws line over
To cross out is to draw a line through text to indicate deletion or rejection: She crossed out the wrong answer and wrote the correct one.
Crosses out is the third-person singular form.
The action suggests something was written but shouldn't count—a canceled item on a list, a rejected word in a draft, a name removed from consideration.
- eraseRemove recorded marks
- cancelRevoke or terminate
- deleteRemove or erase
- strike throughDelete by line
- rejectDismiss as unsuitable
negate · veto · suppress · void · obliterate · redact · invalidate · expunge · nullify · exclude · strikethrough · line through · disapprove · ignore · disregard · scratch off · annotate · correct
- leaving outomits, skips, excludes, bypasses, passes over
textual preservation
crosses outstet
Editorial "never mind"
preserves · keeps · restores · reinstates · adds
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