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Phr V edit out edits, editing, edited edit out sth or edit sth out to remove part of a piece of writing or recorded material before it is printed or broadcastThe new television channel adopted the policy of editing out sex, nudity and street language from the films it broadcasts.Two paragraphs had been edited out of the article.
edit out sth • edit sth out to remove part of a film, programme, book etc before it is shown or printed, for example in order to make it shorter or avoid offending people: Large parts of the interview were edited out before it was shown on TV.+ of Several offensive passages had been edited out of the book.■ SIMILAR TO: cut
edit (something) out of (something)To remove something unwanted or unnecessary from something, often a text or film/video, while editing it. A noun or pronoun can be used between "edit" and "out." You should edit this paragraph out of your essay because it doesn’t make much sense. Don't worry, we'll edit that line out of the final version. edit outv. To delete something during the course of editing: To shorten the film, they decided to edit out one musical number from each scene. The censor insisted that the author edit the controversial paragraph out. |