CANCEL SOMEONE OUT OF SOMETHING

cancel someone out of something: translation

cancel someone out of something & cancel someone out†

1. to eliminate someone from something (as from a list of names). •

We had to cancel them out.

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We canceled out all the people who did not show up.

2. Sl. to eliminate someone; to kill someone. •

The drug lord threatened to cancel out his former partner for testifying against him.