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be put out

Phrasal Verb with put
 
 
/pʊt/ verb [T] (present participle putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

to be annoyed, often because of something that someone has done or said to you: He seemed a bit put out at not having been invited.
(Definition of be put out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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