Rub out (5)

I believe the answer is:

erase

'rub out' is the definition.
(I know that rub out can be written as erase)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for erase that I've seen before include "Clear" , "score" , "Do away with" , "Obliterate" , "Remove, wipe out" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times, The Telegraph, the Sydney Morning Herald, The Star Tribune, The Independent, The Mirror, The Sun, the Universal, the Evening Standard, The Times, The Guardian and the Penny Press.

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