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put out

verb

Definition of put out

transitive verb
1 : extinguish put the fire out
2 : exert, use put out considerable effort
3 : publish, issue
4 : to produce for sale
5a : disconcert, embarrassb : annoy, irritatec : inconvenience don't put yourself out for us
6 : to cause to be out (as in baseball or cricket)
intransitive verb
1 : to set out from shore
2 : to make an effort
3 : to engage in sexual intercourse especially promiscuously

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Examples of put out in a Sentence

despite putting out her best effort, she was unable to beat her longtime tennis rival
put out the campfire before leaving

First Known Use of put out

14th century

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