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edit out

B1 neutral separable transitive
In simple words

To delete or cut something from a video, article, or recording so it doesn't appear in the final version.

Literal meaning: To edit something out — to remove it through the editing process. Largely transparent.

Meanings

1 B1 neutral

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."

Grammar: separable
2 B2 idiomatic informal

(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."

Grammar: separable
Usage notes

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.

Commonly used with

scene word comment swear word interview mistake

Forms

Base
edit out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
edits out
he/she/it
Past simple
edited out
yesterday
Past participle
edited out
have + pp
-ing form
editing out
continuous

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