to stop considering something as a possibility
"" So what made you think you could rule out a recently married schoolteacher with a nice house?
At this point I could not have stood it if we had to rule out madness.
Police said arson could not be ruled out.
The president has ruled out the use of US troops.
We can't rule out common criminals or even one of the paramilitary organizations.
You can't rule out the possibility that he merely borrowed it.
rules out
ruling out
ruled out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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