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cancel out
Neutralize the effect of, offset, render void. For example, Anne's kindness to her neighbor could not cancel out her irritability. The verb cancel was used in this way by itself from the late 1400s; out was added in the early 1900s.
Example Sentences
But just as Gauff had in the first set, Keys cancelled out the advantage, only for her opponent to level the match with another break and a hold.
“This would cancel out the entirety of the growth of Vietnam right now.”
Former Leicester City boss Nigel Pearson said cancelling out the noise would be a reason why he would go to the edge of his technical area.
Until the 79th minute, Celtic seemed likely to be left rueing the offside flag which cancelled out Nicolas Kuhn's apparent opener inside the first 30 seconds at a fervent Celtic Park.
If you can find Earthbound asteroids in space before they find us, and knock them away from our blue marble, you can effectively cancel out an entire category of natural disaster.
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