cancel out

cancel out
verb
wipe out the effect of something (Freq. 3)
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The new tax effectively cancels out my raise

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The `A' will cancel out the `C' on your record

• Syn: ↑wipe out
• Derivationally related forms: ↑wipeout (for: ↑wipe out)
• Hypernyms: ↑extinguish, ↑eliminate, ↑get rid of, ↑do away with
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s something

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ˌcancel ˈout [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they cancel out he/she/it cancels out present participle cancelling out past tense cancelled out past participle cancelled out] phrasal verb
to stop something from having any effect

Our votes will cancel each other out.

Thesaurus: to have a bad effect, or to reduce a good effectsynonym
Main entry: cancel

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cancel out [phrasal verb]
cancel out (something) or cancel (something) out : to reduce the effect of (something) : to be equal to (something) in force or importance but have an opposite effect

The costs cancel out the benefits.

The two arguments cancel each other out.

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Main Entry: ↑cancel

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ˌcancel ˈout | ˌcancel sthˈout derived
if two or more things cancel out or one cancels out the other, they are equally important but have an opposite effect on a situation so that the situation does not change

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Recent losses have cancelled out any profits made at the start of the year.

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The advantages and disadvantages would appear to

cancel each other out

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Main entry: ↑cancelderived

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