to scrub
- verb
- /skrʌb/
- Then I guess Teddy didn't tell you he intends to scrub both his project and mine.
- scrub the mission
- scrub the launch
And you know, to the point at which the ACLU is actually scrubbing Ruth Bader Ginsburg speeches, right?
- And you know, to the point at which the ACLU is actually scrubbing Ruth Bader Ginsburg speeches, right?
- So while Hollywood has had to scrub its product of Chinese villains, China's been casting America as the villain time and time again.
- But maybe we should scrub this from but or, or or.
Examples
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I think we ought to scrub this, don't you?
Fiction book (1994) -
Genesis, I hate to say this... ...but it looks like we're gonna have to scrub the launch.
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Did you just scrub my name off?
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We can either scrub Mattingly and go with Swigert, or we can bump all three of you to a later mission.
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Due to unexpected weather conditions, we have to scrub the outdoor event planned for tomorrow.
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The team decided to scrub the project deadline because they needed more time to make improvements.
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They had to scrub the meeting at the last minute when the main speaker fell ill.
Synonyms
To decide that a planned event will not happen
To delay something until a later time because of a problem
To delay doing something on purpose to get more time
To stop a plan or activity before it finishes, often because of problems
To cancel a planned event or activity
To remove or cancel something, for example a meeting
To delay something until a later time
Antonyms
Phrasal Verbs
- Specialized
To wash your hands and forearms very carefully before surgery or other medical procedures
Compounds
- Specialized
A hospital worker who helps the surgeon during surgery by keeping things sterile and handing instruments
- US
A small, bushy pine tree with twisted branches and short needles in pairs that grows in the eastern United States
- Australian
A large ground bird that builds a warm mound of rotting plants to hatch its eggs
- Australian
A tree or tall shrub that has shiny leaves, white fragrant flowers, and hard red wood in Australia
A small tough palm that grows in clumps with spiny leaves in the southern United States
- Specialized
A disease people get when tiny animals called mites bite them that gives fever and a rash
- Specialized
A small evergreen shrub or tree that grows in sandy coastal areas and forms dense thickets
How Final
Surface Forms
Etymology
Scrub meaning 'to cancel' comes from the image of 'rubbing out' something so it disappears. That's why to 'scrub' a plan or a launch is like rubbing it off the schedule and stopping it.