Question

As John Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule him out as a suspect.

Accepted Answer

(idiomatichttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic, transitivehttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive) To rejecthttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reject an option from a list of possibilitieshttps://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/possibilities.

Sentence	As John Doe had an alibi, the police were able to rule him out as a suspect.
Definition	( idiomatic https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#idiomatic , transitive https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Glossary#transitive ) To reject https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/reject an option from a list of possibilities https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/possibilities .

John Doe Alibi Police Rule Suspect Option List