wrote out
wrote out is the simple past of write out.
Meaning of write out
Verb
write out (third-person singular simple present writes out, present participle writing out, simple past wrote out, past participle written out)
- To write at full length or in expanded form.
- Don't use abbreviations; write out words!
- To write or fill out (a ticket or citation).
- To exclude from a narrative or history.
- The temperance movement was driven by women, but we let ourselves be written out of that because it gave us a bad name.2018 April 11, Zoe Williams, “What's the best way to get written out of history? Be a middle-aged woman”, in The Guardian
- To remove (a character in a fictional series such as a TV show) by writing the script so as to explain their disappearance (through death, moving away, etc.).
- “Jussie Smollett continues to be a consummate professional on set and as we have previously stated, he is not being written out of the show,” 20th Century Fox Television and Fox Entertainment said in a joint statement released on Wednesday.2019 February 20, Sopan Deb, “Fox Stands by Jussie Smollett: ‘He Is Not Being Written Out of the Show’”, in The New York Times, →ISSN
- To exhaust one's mental capacity by too much writing.
Questions about wrote out
- What is wrote out the simple past of?
- Wrote out is the simple past of write out.
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