cancel out
Intermediate (B1)neutral
When two things balance each other so that neither one makes a difference.
"The extra income from my promotion was cancelled out by the increased commuting costs."
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3Blue1Brown · 56:25
Those cancel out.

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Microsoft Events · 24:46
Cancel out of that.

A Spooky Mathematical Coincidence
Vsauce · 1:40
The irrational constants cancel out.

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MindYourDecisions · 2:34
and this will just cancel out.

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TommyVODS · 78:23
Have a beer or cancel out.