x out

present singular third person xes out · present singular third person x's out · participle present xing out · participle present x'ing out · participle past xed out · past xed out · participle past x'ed out · past x'ed out · participle past x'd out · past x'd out

1. alternativeAlternative form of X out

present singular third person Xes out · present singular third person Xs out · participle present Xing out · participle past Xed out · past Xed out

1. transitiveTo cross out with a series of the letter X, or with scribbles or lines.

   On a close to final copy the title The Way We Die Now has Now Xed out and replaced with Today. Then Today is Xed out and Now is returned to its place.

   1997, Don Herron, Willeford, page 415

2. informalcomputingTo close a window (typically by clicking a button marked with an X symbol).

   When you have selected your desired settings, X out of the window and return to the document.

   1 more example

   “There Are Giants in the Sky!” blasted from my computer, causing me to jump in my seat. I began fake coughing and scrambling to x out of the window just as Ms. Stark peeked up from her wire nest.

   2016, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kate Wetherhead, Jack and Louisa - Act 1, page 108

3. slangTo kill; cross out.