rubbed out
Eliminated the target
Rubbed out means erased or eliminated.
You can rub out a pencil mark or a mistake.
In crime slang, to rub someone out is to kill them—mob parlance for murder: The boss ordered him rubbed out.
This gangster sense appears frequently in noir fiction and film.
- deletedPermanently removed
- erasedRemoved by rubbing
- expungedOfficially removed completely
- wipe the slate cleanForgive and forget completely
- removedTaken from position
eliminated · assassinate · bumped off · knocked off · obliterated · done away with · execute · liquidate · whacked · effaced · offed · silence · hit · extinguish · murder · terminate · pencil · gangland