put out

put out
   see put

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  • put out — [v1] upset, irritate; inconvenience aggravate, anger, annoy, bother, burn, confound, discomfit, discommode, discompose, disconcert, discountenance, disoblige, displease, dissatisfy, disturb, embarrass, exasperate, gall, get*, grate, harass,… …   New thesaurus

  • put out — adj [not before noun] BrE upset or offended ▪ She felt put out that she hadn t been consulted …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • put out — adjective never before noun annoyed, offended, or upset by something that someone has said or done: She was feeling extremely put out by his rudeness …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • put|out — «PUT OWT», noun. the act of putting a player out in baseball or cricket: »Mantle made all three putouts in his lone inning at short (New York Times) …   Useful english dictionary

  • put out — ► put out 1) inconvenience, upset, or annoy. 2) dislocate (a joint). Main Entry: ↑put …   English terms dictionary

  • put-out — put′ out n. spo an instance of putting out a batter or base runner in a baseball game • Etymology: 1880–85, amer …   From formal English to slang

  • put out — index depose (remove), disadvantage, disappointed, discompose, dislodge, disoblige, displace (remove …   Law dictionary

  • put out — phrasal verb I UK / US adjective [never before noun] annoyed, offended, or upset by something that someone has said or done She was feeling extremely put out by his rudeness. II Word forms put out : present tense I/you/we/they put out he/she/it… …   English dictionary

  • put out — I ADJ GRADED: v link ADJ If you feel put out, you feel rather annoyed or upset. I did not blame him for feeling put out... He was plainly very put out at finding her there. Syn: annoyed II 1) PHRASAL VERB If you put out an announcement or story,… …   English dictionary

  • put out — {v.} 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. * /Please put the light out when you leave the room./ * /The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. * /For years he had put out a weekly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put out — {v.} 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. * /Please put the light out when you leave the room./ * /The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. * /For years he had put out a weekly… …   Dictionary of American idioms

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