put someone or an animal out

put someone or an animal out
put someone or an animal out of something & put someone or an animal out
to get rid of someone or an animal; to eliminate someone or an animal from something or some place. •

The usher put the noisy boys out of the theater.

He put out the boys.

Please put out the cat after dinner.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • put something out of their misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his …   New idioms dictionary

  • put something out of its misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his …   New idioms dictionary

  • put something out of misery — put (someone/something) out of (their/its) misery 1. to kill an animal or person because they are in extreme pain. The horse s leg was badly broken, and the kindest thing was to put it out of its misery. Badly wounded himself, he put a gun in his …   New idioms dictionary

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