Meanings
nounrub-out (plural rub-outs)
plural rub-outs
- alternativeAlternative form of rubout
In a straight rub-out, Nick Difalco would have preferred a couple of the older, more experienced soldiers, but he knew these out-in-the-open contracts called for more balls, more brutal ambition than an older man might possess, and he had to be sure of his backups working on such strange turf.
1970, Wally Ferris, Across 110th, page 66
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