# put out

Pronunciation: say "puut-OWT" /ˌpʊt ˈaʊt/

## Phrasal verb

1. To extinguish a fire or something that is burning.
   - Simple: To stop a fire from burning.
   - _Firefighters worked through the night to put out the blaze._
   - _Campers must put out their fires completely before leaving the site._
3. To inconvenience, impose on, or disturb someone, or to annoy them and throw them out of sorts.
   - Simple: To cause someone trouble, or to annoy or upset them.
   - _Are you sure it won't put you out if we stay the weekend?_
   - _The sudden change of plans put everyone out, and the meeting started badly._
4. To broadcast or publish something, such as a statement, an album, or a magazine.
   - Simple: To make something public, such as a news report, a record, or a magazine.
   - _The company put out a statement denying the rumors._
   - _The band puts out a new album almost every year._
5. To produce or emit something, such as goods, power, or heat.
   - Simple: To make or give off something, like goods, heat, or light.
   - _The new engine puts out far more power than the old one._
   - _The plant can put out three hundred cars a day._
6. To expel someone, forcing them to leave a place, group, or institution.
   - Simple: To make someone leave a place or group.
   - _The bouncer put out two men who had started a fight at the bar._
   - _She was put out of the club for breaking its rules._
7. To place something or someone outside, or to remove them from where they are.
   - Simple: To take something or someone outside, like a pet or the trash.
   - _Can you put out the trash before the truck comes on Tuesday?_
   - _We put the cat out every night so she can hunt._
8. To switch off or extinguish a light.
   - Simple: To turn off a light.
   - _Put out the lights when you leave the office._
   - _The warden ordered every household to put their lights out during the air raid._
9. In baseball or cricket, to cause a player on the offensive side to be out.
   - Simple: In baseball or cricket, to get a player on the batting side out.
   - _The shortstop fielded the grounder and stepped on second to put out the runner._
   - _The bowler put out the opening batsman with his third ball._
10. To dislocate a joint, such as a shoulder, knee, or the joints of the back.
   - Simple: To make a joint, like a shoulder or knee, slip out of its place.
   - _She put her shoulder out trying to catch the falling ladder._
   - _He put out his back moving the piano and spent a week in bed._
11. To agree to have sex with someone.
   - Simple: To say yes when someone wants to have sex.
   - _He dumped her after a month, complaining that she wouldn't put out._
   - _In the film, the college boys brag about which girls put out, and the heroine makes them regret it._
12. To eliminate a team or player from a competition.
   - Simple: To beat a team or player so that they have to leave a competition.
   - _A late goal put the defending champions out of the tournament._
   - _The underdogs put out the top seed in the second round._
14. To knock someone out or make them unconscious, as with a blow in boxing or a drug in medicine.
   - Simple: To make someone unconscious, with a hit or with a drug.
   - _The anesthetist put the patient out before the surgeons began._
   - _A single right hook put the challenger out in the second round._
15. To blind an eye by destroying or seriously injuring it.
   - Simple: To hurt someone's eye so badly that it can no longer see.
   - _Don't run with that stick, or you'll put someone's eye out._
   - _In the old legend, the king's enemies put out his eyes so that he could never rule again._
16. To set out or head off, especially to leave port and set sail.
   - Simple: To leave and start a trip, especially to sail away in a boat.
   - _The fishing fleet put out to sea before dawn._
   - _Early Monday the wagons put out for the railroad town._
17. To remove an official or leader from office.
   - Simple: To force a leader or official to leave their job.
   - _Voters put the mayor out of office after a single term._
   - _The army put the president out of power in a bloodless coup._

## Adjective

2. Feeling offended or indignant about something.
   - Simple: Annoyed or upset because you feel badly treated.
   - _She was a little put out that nobody had asked her opinion._
   - _The chef looked thoroughly put out when the critic sent the soup back._

## Noun · put-out

Pronunciation: say "PUUT-owt" /ˈpʊt ˌaʊt/

13. Alternative spelling of putout. — Alternative spelling of putout.
   - Simple: Alternative spelling of putout. Used in baseball for a play that gets a batter or runner out.
   - _The center fielder's diving catch was his third put-out of the game._
   - _The catcher was credited with the put-out when he tagged the runner at the plate._

## Origin

Deverbal from put out.

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