Meaning Of Rule Something Or Someone Out In English

Meaning of rule something or someone out in English

rule something or someone out

phrasal verb with rule verb uk /ruːl/ us /ruːl/ Add to word list Add to word list C2 to decide or say officially that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable: The police haven't yet ruled out murder. I won't rule out a June election.rule something/someone out as something The police have not ruled him out as a suspect.

• The UN rush to mandate war totally ruled out any alternatives.
• He refused to rule out the possibility of a comeback.
• Smith has been ruled out of contention for the manager's job.
• The discovery rules out a link between the suspect and the scene of crime.
• We would not rule out the possibility of re-entering the B2C market if conditions change.

Refusing & rejecting

• abjuration
• abnegate
• abnegation
• bar
• bat something/someone away phrasal verb
• decline
• not hear of something phrasal verb
• not on your life! idiom
• oppositional
• opt
• pass on phrasal verb
• rebel
• refuse
• regret
• sb wouldn't touch something/someone with a bargepole/barge pole idiom
• tear
• vote something down phrasal verb
• wash your hands of something idiom
• wild horses idiom
• would not do something for all the tea in China idiom

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rule something out

phrasal verb with rule verb uk /ruːl/ us /ruːl/ to prevent something from happening: This recent wave of terrorism has ruled out any chance of peace talks. Preventing and impeding

• anti-drug
• anti-jamming
• avoid
• avoidable
• avoidably
• fireproof
• flameproof
• guard against something phrasal verb
• hamper
• hang
• have someone/something hanging round your neck idiom
• head off phrasal verb
• pinch point
• pre-emption
• preclude
• preclusion
• preclusive
• scuttle
• smother
• suffocate

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rule out something | American Dictionary

rule out something

phrasal verb with rule verb [ I/T ] us /rul/ Add to word list Add to word list to stop considering something as a possibility: It’s unlikely that he’ll run for president, but you can never rule anything out. (Definition of rule something or someone out from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

rule sth/sb out | Business English

rule sth/sb out

phrasal verb with rule verb uk /ruːl/ us Add to word list Add to word list to decide or state that something is impossible or will not happen, or that something or someone is not suitable: The management seems to have ruled him out as a candidate for promotion. The CEO said she could not rule out further job cuts. We would not rule out the possibility of re-entering the B2C market if conditions change.

rule sth out

phrasal verb with rule verb uk /ruːl/ us to prevent something from happening: The warehouse fire has ruled out any chance that we will make a profit this year. (Definition of rule something or someone out from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Translations of rule something or someone out

in Chinese (Traditional) 把…排除在外, 拒絕考慮, 使…成為不可能，使…不可能發生… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 把…排除在外, 拒绝考虑, 使…成为不可能，使…不可能发生… See more in Spanish descartar algo/a alguien, imposibilitar algo, descartar… See more in Portuguese excluir… See more in Marathi in Telugu in Tamil in Hindi in Bengali in Gujarati in Urdu निरस्त करणे… See more ఏదైనా అసాధ్యమని లేదా జరగదని లేదా ఏదైనా లేదా ఎవరైనా తగినది/ తగినవారు కాదని అధికారికంగా నిర్ణయించడం లేదా చెప్పడం… See more ஒன்று சாத்தியமற்றது அல்லது நடக்காது, அல்லது ஏதாவது அல்லது ஒருவர் பொருத்தமானவர் அல்ல என்று அதிகாரப்பூர்வமாக முடிவு செய்வது அல்லது சொல்வது… See more (किसी चीज़ को औपचारिक रूप से) नकारना, इंकार करना, खारिज कर देना… See more কোনো সম্ভাবনা বাতিল করা… See more નકારી કાઢવુ… See more کسی چیز کو خارج کرنا, کسی امکان کو خارج کرنا… See more Need a translator?

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