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to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
Sorry to trouble you, but... -
be sexually active
She is supposed to put out -
administer an anesthetic drug to
The patient must be anesthetized before the operation
anesthetize the gum before extracting the teeth -
prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
publish a magazine or newspaper - cause to be out on a fielding play
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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
smother fires -
put out considerable effort
He put out the same for seven managers -
retire
he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field -
thrust or extend out
point a finger
extend a hand
the bee exserted its sting
He held out his hand -
put out, as of a candle or a light
Douse the lights
How To Use put out In A Sentence
- They put out a plan that adds up, leaves no ox ungored and should shut up anyone who says the deficit can be contained by cutting waste, fraud, abuse and foreign aid. Two Tests of a Gridlock Mentality
- So when Synova says "And if you think that the Bush administration has been successful *ever* at putting a story out that they want put out then..." the only rational response is a resounding horselaugh. "I hope this gets you fired, you're obviously stupid.... There's plenty of proof 9/11 was an inside job. Try reading, if you know how.....lololol."
- The flame was glorious - radiant with the colours of antique knighthood and the flashing gallantries of the past; but no substance fed it; flaring wildly, it tossed to and fro in the wind; it was suddenly put out.
- As to Morgan: the sooner the old bumbler is put out his own (and Wales's) misery, the better. Cheryl Gillan Shines on Question Time
- Tradition took root and the ball has heralded a new beginning almost every year since - in 1942 and 1943, during World War II, the ball was temporarily put out of commission by a war-time "dimout. TIME.com: Top Stories
- Anyone but me recall the harrassment the MPAA got when Michael Moore put out Farenheit? AfterElton.com - Because visibility matters
- Foramen ad latus, per quod genitalia & excrementa emittuntur: Opening on the side, through which genitalia & excrements put out (?). Archive 2009-01-01
- However, what drives me crazy about Bella and her ilk is the I-cannot-possibly-live-without-this-person kind of "love" that is put out there. Today's Book Review
- The most direct financial incentive to prevent rubbish is to charge people by the amount of rubbish they put out.
- In contrast to the general picture in the technology sector, data storage minnow InTechnology recently had to put out a cautionary note that its profits were likely to be ‘significantly ahead’ of general stock market expectations.