put out Meaning of "put out"

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Definition(s):

  1. (v) to cause inconvenience or discomfort to
  2. (v) put out considerable effort
  3. (v) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
  4. (v) thrust or extend out
  5. (v) put out, as of a candle or a light
  6. (v) be sexually active
  7. (v) cause to be out on a fielding play
  8. (v) retire
  9. (v) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
  10. (v) administer an anesthetic drug to

Usage(s):

  1. PTI Managing Editor Rick Stengel put out a call on YouTube for suggestions for the magazine's 2008 Person of the Year.
  2. However, I do believe in off-setting the demonization characteristics they put out or the demonization profiles they put out of me.
  3. When the laboratory grew hot, both host-dog and puppy put out their tongues and panted to cool off.
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