Cross Out (Verb)
Meaning
Remove from a list; "Cross the name of the dead person off the list".
Classification
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing.
Examples
- The investigator decided to cross out the name of the innocent suspect from the list of potential culprits.
- The charity organization will cross out the name of the deceased donor from their annual gala invitation list.
- Please cross out any items you don't want to keep from the inventory list so we can finalize the order.
- She carefully cross out each name from the original RSVP list once they had confirmed their attendance.
- As more contestants were eliminated, the game show host would cross out their names from the leaderboard.