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rule in ThesaurusVerb | 1. | rule in - include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rulesrule outdecree, rule - decide with authority; "The King decreed that all firstborn males should be killed" |
rule in
rule inTo decide definitively that something will or can possibly happen. (Used especially—and somewhat redundantly—in the phrase "not ruled in or ruled out.") Look, nothing has been ruled in or ruled out at this stage, so we just have to wait until the doctors have more information to work with. We'll neither rule in nor rule out the possibility of a shakeup in management if this branch's profits continue to fall.See also: rulerule in
rule inA colloquial term for meeting the diagnostic criteria for a specific disease, esp. for a myocardial infarction. AcronymsSeeR/Irule in Related to rule in: Rule of 72, Rule of thirds, Rule britanniaSynonyms for rule inverb include or exclude by determining judicially or in agreement with rulesSynonymsRelated Words |