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put out

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See also: putout and put-out

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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put out (plural put outs)

  1. Misspelling of putout.

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Adjective

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put out (comparative more put out, superlative most put out)

  1. Taking offense; indignant.
    He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.
    • 1991 May 4, Elizabeth Yukins, “Maryland Passes Gay Hate Crimes Bill”, in Gay Community News, page 2:
      Gordon told GCN that when the bill was first reviewed in the House, it received a 70-49 vote, one vote short of the majority it needed to pass. Gordon said that gay and lesbian activists were "extremely put-out" over this narrow loss.

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Verb

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put out (third-person singular simple present puts out, present participle putting out, simple past and past participle put out)

  1. (transitive) To blind (eyes).
    You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!
  2. (transitive) To place outside, to remove, particularly
    Don’t forget to put out the dog.
    1. To expel.
      Synonyms: boot out, eject, kick out
      • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 19:
        ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
        ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’
    2. To remove from office.
      Synonyms: depose, impeach
  3. (transitive) To cause something to be out, particularly
    1. To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb.
      Synonyms: perturb, unsettle; see also Thesaurus:upset
      I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.
    2. (sports) To knock out: to eliminate from a competition.
      • 2011 October 1, Tom Fordyce, “Rugby World Cup 2011: England 16-12 Scotland”, in BBC Sport‎[2]:
        England stumbled into the World Cup quarter-finals and almost certainly put Scotland out after an error-ridden victory at Eden Park.
    3. (baseball and cricket) To cause a player on offense to be out.
    4. (boxing and medicine) Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.
  4. (intransitive) To go out, to head out, especially (sailing) to set sail.
    Synonyms: set out, start out; see also Thesaurus:leave
  5. (transitive) To cause something to go out, particularly
    1. To produce, to emit.
      Synonyms: give off, send out
      The factory puts out 4000 units each day.
      This unit puts out 4000 BTUs.
    2. (obsolete) To express.
    3. To broadcast, to publish.
      • 1991 September, Stephen Fry, chapter 1, in The Liar, London: Heinemann, →ISBN, →OCLC, section I, page 19:
        ‘These guys,’ said Tom, ‘the ones who put out this magazine at Radley. What happened to them?’ […]
        ‘Ah, now this is why we must proceed with great circumspection. They were both, hum, “put out” themselves. “Booted out” I believe is the technical phrase.’
    4. To dislocate (a joint).
      Lift with your knees. Don’t put out your back.
    5. To extinguish (fire).
      Synonyms: douse, extinct
      They worked for days to put out the brushfire.
      She put out her cigarette.
      One of the accident victims had to be put out by the passers-by.
    6. To turn off (light).
      • 2010, Terry Deary, Put out the Light, p. 10:
        'You talk funny,' I said to him. 'I mean, the other wardens say, "Put that light out", but you shout, "Put out the light".'
        'Shakespeare,' the warden said in a deep voice.
      Put out those lights before the Germans see them.

Usage notes

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  • The object in all transitive senses can come before or after the particle. If it is a pronoun, then it must come before the particle.

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Translations

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to dislocate, injure a joint in the body

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