put sth out

— Phrasal Verb with put

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

Definition

STOP SHINING mainly UK › to make a light stop shining by pressing a switch: Please put the lights out when you leave.

STOP BURNING › to make something that is burning stop burning: to put out a fire

PUT OUTSIDE › to put something outside the house: to put out the rubbish/trash

(Definition of put sth out from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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