cancel each other out



cancel each other out

[for the opposite effects of two things] to balance each other. The cost of the meal you bought and what I owed you cancel each other out, so we're even. They canceled out each other.
See also: cancel, each, other, out

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
GeorgGE-awrk (German), YE-ory (Swedish)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Icelandic, Estonian
Chandana-Indian, Kannada, Telugu, Hindi
ClarenceKLER-ənts, KLAR-əntsEnglish
Nikusha-Georgian
Liupold-Ancient Germanic
Randolph['rændɔlf]