edit out
To delete or cut something from a video, article, or recording so it doesn't appear in the final version.
Meanings
To remove a word, scene, passage, or other element from a piece of content during editing.
"The producers edited out the contestant's offensive remark before the show was broadcast."
(Figurative) To deliberately exclude or ignore something as if removing it from the picture.
"He had a habit of editing out any criticism from his mind and only remembering the praise."
Very common in journalism, film, television, podcasting, and publishing. Also used figuratively to mean deliberately ignoring or excluding something from consideration. Standard in both British and American English.
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