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White Out (Verb)

Cover up with a liquid correction fluid; "white-out the typo".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

She quickly grabbed the white-out and covered up the error on her resume.
Can you white out the mistake on page 3 before we submit it to the editor.
To hide the answer, the teacher asked the students to white out the correct responses on the worksheet.
Instead of retyping the entire report, she decided to white out the small error and initial it.
Please white out the outdated information on the contract before we send it back to the client.

Widen the interlinear spacing by inserting leads.

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

The typesetter had to white out entire sections of text due to formatting changes.
To prepare the original document for typesetting, editors were required to white out the interlinear space to accommodate correction notes.
Given the extensive handwritten notes in the interlinear space, the document would have to be reset after the editors decided to white out and re-typeset.
White out the entire article if no revisions can be made within the given timeframe.
To begin retyping the manuscript into the chosen font style, proofreaders first had to white out incorrect interlinear spacings.