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cross (out)

verb

Definition of cross (out)

as in to delete

to show (something written) to be no longer valid by drawing a cross over or a line through it cross out the old phone number and write in the new one

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When the site’s moderator began deleting pages in June, the agents responded by creating backup pages to dodge the cleanup.

— Reuters, NBC news, 4 Sep. 2026
Loughlin had deleted her Instagram account on March 12, 2019, the day the news broke.

— Ingrid Vasquez, PEOPLE, 4 Sep. 2026

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