If you put out an announcement or story, you make it known to a lot of people.
The French news agency put out a statement from the Trade Minister. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
2. phrasal verb
If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning.
Firefighters tried to free the injured and put out the blaze. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
She tried to light a candle but the rain put it out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
3. phrasal verb
If you put out an electric light, you make it stop shining by pressing a switch.
He crossed to the bedside table and put out the light. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
4. phrasal verb
If you put out things that will be needed, you place them somewhere ready to be used.
Paula had put out her luggage for the coach. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
I slowly unpacked the teapot and put it out on the table. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
5. phrasal verb
If you put out your hand, you move it forward, away from your body.
He put out his hand to Alfred. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
She put her hand out and tried to touch her mother's arm. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
6. phrasal verb
If you put someone out, you cause them trouble because they have to do something for you.
It is a very sociable diet to follow because you don't have to put anyone out. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
I've always put myself out for others and I'm not doing it any more. [VERB noun PARTICLE]
7. phrasal verb
In a sporting competition, to put out a player or team means to defeat them so that they are no longer in the competition.
The Spaniard was put out in three sets. [VERBPARTICLE noun]
...the debatable goal that put them out of the UEFA Cup. [VERB noun PARTICLE + of]
[Also VERB noun PARTICLE]
8. See also put out
More Synonyms of put out
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put out
adjective [verb-link ADJECTIVE]
If you feel put out, you feel rather annoyed or upset.
I did not blame him for feeling put out.
He was plainly very put out at finding her there.
More Synonyms of put out
put out in British English
verb(mainly tr, adverb)
1. (often passive)
a.
to annoy; anger
b.
to confound or disturb; confuse
2.
to extinguish or douse (a fire, light, etc)
he put out the fire
3.
to poke forward
to put out one's tongue
4.
to be or present a source of inconvenience or annoyance to (a person)
I hope I'm not putting you out
5.
to issue or publish; broadcast
the authorities put out a leaflet
6.
to render unconscious
7.
to dislocate
she put out her shoulder in the accident
8.
to show or exert
the workers put out all their energy in the campaign
9.
to pass, give out (work to be done) at different premises
10.
to lend (money) at interest
11. cricket
to dismiss (a player or team)
12. baseball
to cause (a batter or runner) to be out by a fielding play
13. (intransitive) US slang
to consent to sexual intercourse
nounputout
14. baseball
a play in which the batter or runner is put out
put out in American English
1.
to expel; dismiss
2.
to extinguish (a fire or light)
3. US
to spend (money)
4.
to disconcert; confuse
5.
to distress; ruffle; vex
6.
to inconvenience
7.
a.
to publish
b.
to produce and distribute
c.
to supply, offer, or display
8. Slang
to engage in sexual intercourse, often promiscuously
usually said of a woman
9. Baseball
to cause (a batter or runner) to be out by a fielding play
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Examples of 'put out' in a sentence
put out
All we'd have to do is put out the word that Richard Marlette is still alive.
MacNeill, Alastair THE DEVIL'S DOOR
Few had enough time in which to steel themselves to resist the impulse to put out a hand to catch it.
Aird, Catherine A DEAD LIBERTY
A hundred to one he'd forgotten to bring with him the black tie she'd put out earlier that morning.
Stewart, Michael COMPULSION
All related terms of 'put out'
put out feelers
to carefully try to find out about other people's feelings or plans, so that you will know what to do next
put out to grass
If you say that someone is being put out to grass , you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful .
put (out) to sea
to sail away from land
put out to pasture
to put in a pasture to graze
put the flags out
to celebrate something special that has happened
put out a contract on
to hire or attempt to hire an assassin to kill (someone)
put out of countenance
to cause to lose composure ; embarrass ; disconcert
put sb out to pasture
If you say that someone is being put out to pasture , you mean they are no longer being employed because they are considered to be too old or no longer useful .
put sth out to pasture
If you put animals out to pasture , you move them out into the fields so they can eat the grass .
put sb out of their misery
If you put someone out of their misery , you tell them something that they are very anxious to know .
put someone out to grass
to make someone retire from their job , or to move them to an unimportant job, usually because people think that they are too old to be useful .
put sth out of its misery
If you put an animal out of its misery , you kill it because it is sick or injured and cannot be cured or healed .
put to sea
to embark on a sea voyage
put someone's nose out of joint
to offend or upset someone, because they think that they have not been treated with the respect that they deserve
to put someone's nose out of joint
If something puts someone's nose out of joint , it upsets or offends them because it makes them feel less important or less valued .
All related terms of 'put out'
to put o.s. out
难(難)为(為)自己 nánwei zìjǐ
to put out to sea
出海 chūhǎi
to put out from Plymouth
从(從)普利茅斯起航 cóng Pǔlìmáosī qǐháng
to put out one's tongue
伸出舌头(頭) shēnchū shétou
to put work out to tender
( Brit ) 对(對)工程进(進)行招标(標) duì gōngchéng jìnxíng zhāobiāo
to put sb out of their misery
( inf ) 解开(開)某人心中的疑团(團) jiěkāi mǒurén xīn zhōng de yítuán