Usually means: Eliminate possibility through evidence, investigation.
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  1. Rule out: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
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  4. Rule out: Drug Medical Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (rule out)

verb:  (transitive) To cross an item out by drawing a straight line through it, as with a ruler.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To reject an option from a list of possibilities.
verb:  (idiomatic, transitive) To make something impossible.
verb:  (transitive) To disallow.
verb:  (transitive) To make unavailable.

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