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./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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