X out

English

Verb

X out (third-person singular simple present Xes out or Xs out, present participle Xing out, simple past and past participle Xed out)

1. (transitive) To cross out with a series of the letter X, or with scribbles or lines.
   • 1997, Don Herron, Willeford, page 415:

     On a close to final copy the title The Way We Die Now has Now Xed out and replaced with Today. Then Today is Xed out and Now is returned to its place.

2. (computing, informal) To close a window (typically by clicking a button marked with an X symbol).

   When you have selected your desired settings, X out of the window and return to the document.

   • 2016, Andrew Keenan-Bolger, Kate Wetherhead, Jack and Louisa - Act 1, page 108:

     “There Are Giants in the Sky!” blasted from my computer, causing me to jump in my seat. I began fake coughing and scrambling to x out of the window just as Ms. Stark peeked up from her wire nest.