edit out
phrasal verb
edited out; editing out; edits out
: to remove (something, such as an unwanted word or scene) while preparing something to be seen, used, published, etc.
They edited out the scene.
Write freely. You can always edit things out later.
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Instead, a professional chef called instructions to the actors off-camera, his voice edited out later.
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Investments at the First 50 locations have included additional staffing by women’s fitting rooms, at checkout areas and in women’s shoes and handbags; improved visual merchandising; beefing up better-selling brands, and editing out less productive brands, making the stores cleaner.
—David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Among safeguards, Draft One requires officers to add key information—like names and addresses—and to edit out some information.
—Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2024
That ceremony was broadcast on the CBC, which edited out a moment of pro-Palestinian protest during the broadcast.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 21 Dec. 2024
Investments at the First 50 locations have included additional staffing by women’s fitting rooms, at checkout areas and in women’s shoes and handbags; improved visual merchandising; beefing up better-selling brands, and editing out less productive brands, making the stores cleaner.
—David Moin, WWD, 11 Dec. 2024
Among safeguards, Draft One requires officers to add key information—like names and addresses—and to edit out some information.
—Ars Technica, 29 Aug. 2024
That ceremony was broadcast on the CBC, which edited out a moment of pro-Palestinian protest during the broadcast.
—Andrew Lapin, Sun Sentinel, 19 Nov. 2024
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“Edit out.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/edit%20out. Accessed 8 Jan. 2025.
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