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Synonyms
put out

verb

  1. to cause inconvenience or discomfort to: "Sorry to trouble you, but..."
  2. put out considerable effort: "He put out the same for seven managers"
  3. deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion: "smother fires"
  4. thrust or extend out: "He held out his hand"
  5. put out, as of a candle or a light: "Douse the lights"
  6. be sexually active: "She is supposed to put out"
  7. cause to be out on a fielding play
  8. retire: "he was put out at third base on a long throw from left field"
  9. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale: "publish a magazine or newspaper"
  10. make unconscious by means of anesthetic drugs: "The patient must be anesthetized before the operation"

noun

  1. an out resulting from a fielding play (not a strikeout): "the first baseman made 15 putouts"