SINCE 1828
cancel out
phrasal verb
canceled out
or cancelled out;
canceling out
or cancelling out;
cancels out
Definition of cancel out
: to reduce the effect of (something) : to be equal to (something) in force or importance but have an opposite effect
The costs cancel out the benefits.
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