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put out
[ poot out ]
verb phrase
- to extinguish, as a fire:
Don't forget to put the candle out before you go to bed.
- to confuse; embarrass:
It put her out badly when she went to pay and realized her wallet was still at home.
- to vex or annoy:
He was put out when I missed our appointment.
- to subject to inconvenience:
I don't want to put you out, so I'll wait until after dinner to stop by.
- Baseball, Softball, Cricket. to cause to be removed from an opportunity to reach base or score; retire:
Ramirez was put out at third for the second out of the inning.
- to publish:
She puts out a new mystery every other year.
- to go out to sea:
The fishermen put out well before sunrise.
- to manufacture; prepare; produce:
The factory puts out thousands of candy bars an hour.
- to exert; apply:
They were putting out their best efforts.
- Slang: Offensive. (usually of a woman) to demonstrate willingness or offer to engage in sexual intercourse.
put out
verb
- often passive
- to annoy; anger
- to confound or disturb; confuse
- to extinguish or douse (a fire, light, etc)
he put out the fire
- to poke forward
to put out one's tongue
- to be or present a source of inconvenience or annoyance to (a person)
I hope I'm not putting you out
- to issue or publish; broadcast
the authorities put out a leaflet
- to render unconscious
- to dislocate
he put out his shoulder in the accident
- to show or exert
the workers put out all their energy in the campaign
- to pass, give out (work to be done) at different premises
- to lend (money) at interest
- cricket to dismiss (a player or team)
- baseball to cause (a batter or runner) to be out by a fielding play
noun
- baseball a play in which the batter or runner is put out
Word History and Origins
Origin of put out1
Idioms and Phrases
- put oneself out, to take pains; go to trouble or expense:
She has certainly put herself out to see that everyone is comfortable.
- put someone out of their misery,
- to euthanize:
We had to put the dog out of his misery, and everyone is still upset.
- to end a period of waiting, suspense, or the like:
After she agonized for days about whether she'd be laid off, upper management finally put her out of her misery and sent her home.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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