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Definition of Put out

1. Verb. To cause inconvenience or discomfort to. "Sorry to trouble you, but..."

2. Verb. Put out considerable effort. "He put out the same for seven managers"

3. Verb. Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion. "Smother fires"

4. Verb. Thrust or extend out. "The bee exserted its sting"

5. Verb. Put out, as of a candle or a light. "Douse the lights"

6. Verb. Be sexually active. "She is supposed to put out"

7. Verb. Cause to be out on a fielding play.

8. Verb. Retire. "He was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"

9. Verb. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. "Sam and Sue put out the movie "; "Publish a magazine or newspaper"

10. Verb. Administer an anesthetic drug to. "Did he put out his foot? "; "Anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth"

Definition of Put out

1. Noun. (baseball) The statistic of the number of outs a defensive player directly caused. ¹

2. Adjective. Taking offense; indignant. ¹

3. Verb. (transitive) To place outside or eject. ¹

4. Verb. (transitive) To produce. ¹

5. Verb. (transitive) To injure a part of the body, especially a joint. ¹

6. Verb. (transitive) To extinguish (a flame or light). ¹

7. Verb. (transitive) To eliminate from a competition. ¹

8. Verb. (slang intransitive) To consent to sex. ¹

9. Verb. (baseball) To cause a player on the offense to be out, especially of men on base. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Out

put one's mind to it put one's money where one's mouth is put one's name in the hat put one's pants on one leg at a time put one's shoulder to the wheel put one's trousers on one leg at a time put one across put one foot in front of the other put one over put one past somebody

put one through one's paces put oneself across put oneself in someone's place put oneself in someone's shoes put option put out a fire put out feelers put out of one's misery put out to pasture put outs

put over put paid to put pen to paper put right put somebody in his place put someone's back up put someone down as put someone in his place put someone in mind of

Literary usage of Put out

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Pilgrim's Progress by John Bunyan (1846)
"... after they had a while been kept in the dungeon, he at last did put out their eyes, and led them, among those tombs, where he has left them to wander to ..."

2. Vanity Fair: A Novel Without a Hero by William Makepeace Thackeray (1893)
"JAMES CRAWLEY'S PIPE is put out. THE amiable behavior of Mr. Crawley, and Lady Jane's f kind reception of her, highly nattered Miss Briggs, who was tumbled ..."

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