Antonyms for blue-pencil

Grammar : Verb

Spell : bloo-pen-suh l

Phonetic Transcription : ˈbluˈpɛn səl

Definition of blue-pencil

As in proofread : verb copyedit
As in revise : verb correct, edit
As in soft-pedal : verb play down
As in censor : verb forbid; ban; selectively remove
As in delete : verb erase, remove
As in edit : verb rewrite, refine
As in efface : verb erase

Example sentences :

I never do, and Harmer has to blue-pencil my copy mercilessly.
Extract from : « Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908 » by Lucy Maud Montgomery

When he begins to blue-pencil that pay-roll, some one is going to be hungry.
Extract from : « The Modern Railroad » by Edward Hungerford

Good and true writing no magazine or newspaper editor will blue-pencil.
Extract from : « The Last Harvest » by John Burroughs

He handed a map, with red-pencil and blue-pencil markings, along to von Schlichten.
Extract from : « Uller Uprising » by Henry Beam Piper, John D. Clark and John F. Carr

He used the editorial "blue-pencil" for alteration and condensation with the hand of a master.
Extract from : « The Great God Success » by John Graham (David Graham Phillips)

Meantime I'll take your advice about my speech, Mac, and blue-pencil the how-to-be-good stuff.
Extract from : « The Clarion » by Samuel Hopkins Adams

You blue-pencil out of my poor paragraphs everything that's interesting.
Extract from : « The Dop Doctor » by Clotilde Inez Mary Graves

Synonyms for blue-pencil

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