score out
B2 neutral separable transitive
In simple words
To draw a line through a word or sentence to show you want to remove it.
Literal meaning: To make a scored (cut) line through something, removing it — transparent.
Meanings
1 B2 neutral
To draw a line through a written word or passage in order to delete or cancel it.
"The editor scored out two entire paragraphs and wrote 'cut' in the margin."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
More commonly used in British English. Used in editing, proofreading, and writing by hand. Similar to 'cross out' but slightly more formal and precise in implication.
Commonly used with
word sentence name line passage text
Forms
Base
score out
I/you/we/they
3rd person
scores out
he/she/it
Past simple
scored out
yesterday
Past participle
scored out
have + pp
-ing form
scoring out
continuous
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