score out

Questions about score out

What does score out mean?

score out means "remove by or as if by rubbing or erasing".

What is another word for score out?

Close synonyms include erase, rub out, efface, wipe off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is score out a common word?

score out is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.