cancel out
phrasal verb
canceled out or cancelled out; canceling out or cancelling out; cancels 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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As for the claim that magnesium can cancel out coffee’s stimulant effects, there’s simply no scientific evidence to support it.
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Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
To blend out redness, Bubble created the Secret Agent Color Correcting Balm, which features green pigments that can actually cancel out the color red.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Democrats hope to add up to five seats in the Golden State to cancel out their loss in Texas.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
Nothing indicated that the removal credits Microsoft was snapping up were enough to cancel out these emissions, let alone surmount them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 12 Nov. 2025
To blend out redness, Bubble created the Secret Agent Color Correcting Balm, which features green pigments that can actually cancel out the color red.
—Jessie Quinn, StyleCaster, 6 Nov. 2025
Democrats hope to add up to five seats in the Golden State to cancel out their loss in Texas.
—Phillip M. Bailey, USA Today, 5 Nov. 2025
Nothing indicated that the removal credits Microsoft was snapping up were enough to cancel out these emissions, let alone surmount them.
—Literary Hub, 5 Nov. 2025
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“Cancel out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cancel%20out. Accessed 14 Nov. 2025.
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