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rub out         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rubout; Rub Out
If you rub out something that you have written on paper or a board, you remove it using a rubber or eraser.
She began rubbing out the pencilled marks in the margin.
= erase
PHRASAL VERB: V P n (not pron)
rub out         
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
Rubout; Rub Out
Efface, erase, obliterate, expunge, cancel, wipe out.
Chest rub         
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TOPICAL TREATMENT FOR DISCOMFORT APPLIED TO CHEST
Cold rub; Vapor rub; Chest vapor rub
Chest rub, cold rub, or vapor/vapour rub is a mentholated topical petroleum jelly-based ointment intended to assist with minor medical conditions that temporarily impair breathing, including the common cold. It is applied to the chest, often immediately before sleeping.

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Rub out
Examples of use of rub out
1. The so–called "Mafia Cops" are accused of accepting $4,000 a month to help Casso silence informants and rub out rivals.
2. Scarpa used the inside tips about the identities and whereabouts of suspected informants and rivals to rub out at least four victims in the late 1'80s and early 1''0s, authorities said.
3. Because make no mistake, academies are replacing some of the worst schools in the country where, despite the best efforts of heads, teachers and parents, the pattern of poor results and low aspirations has proved impossible to rub out.
4. The ruthless mobster used the inside tips about the identities and whereabouts of suspected rats and rivals to rub out at least four victims in the late 1'80s and early 1''0s, authorities said.