cross out

Meaning

1. cross sth out / through

   to draw a line through a word, usually because it is wrong

In the movies · 6

• So I had to take the marker and cross out 7 980...American Movie1999
• He crosses something out.The Curious Case of Benjamin Button2008
• I don't know why these are crossed out.Memento2000
• Like when all your numbers in bingo are crossed out.Kingsman: The Secret Service2014
• Where were you before that? Just to cross that out.Gone Girl2014
• Head butler. Cross out "butler" and put down "head butler."A Shot in the Dark1964

Learn it in full scenes

• American Movie1999
  • Mark's Twelfth Hour Deadline
  • Mark Pitches Northwestern
  • Family Fights Over the Phone Bill
• A Shot in the Dark1964
  • Clouseau Investigates the Pistol Pen
  • Clouseau Interrogates Maria
  • Dreyfus Takes Over the Case

From the same entry

• have a cross to bear
• cross your fingers
• cross my heart
• cross your mind
• cross palm with silver
• cross path
• cross swords
• cross that bridge when you come to it
• dot your i's and cross your t's
• get your wires crossed
• cross off
• cross over