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English

blue-pencil

verb

Meaning

  1. To edit, especially to censor, written documents.
  2. To use a line-item veto.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

delete(English)redact(English)self-edit(English)black out(English)censorize(English)censor(English)expurgate(English)edit out(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data