put\ out

put\ out
v
1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off.

Please put the light out when you leave the room.

The firemen put out the blaze.

2. To prepare for the public; produce; make.

For years he had put out a weekly newspaper.

It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner.

3. To invest or loan money.

He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better.

4. To make angry; irritate; annoy.

It puts the teacher out to be lied to.

Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit.

5. informal To cause inconvenience to; bother.

He put himself out to make things pleasant for us.

Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?

Compare: go out of one's way
6. To retire from play in baseball.

The runner was put out at first base.

7. To go from shore; leave.

A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves.

8. vulgar avoidable
Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse.

It is rumored that Hermione gets her promotions as fast as she does because she puts out.


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