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put sth out

(MAKE WRONG) phrasal verb with put
 
 
/pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

If a mistake puts out a set of mathematical calculations, it causes them to be wrong: That one error put the figures out by several thousand pounds.Making mistakes
(Definition of put sth out (MAKE WRONG) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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