put out
adjective, verb
Forms puts out putting out put outs
- adjective Taking offense; indignant. “He was put out at the mere suggestion of misconduct.”
- verb (transitive) To blind (eyes). “You can't have a pair of scissors! You'll put your eye out!”
- verb (transitive) To place outside, to remove, particularly “Don’t forget to put out the dog.”
- verb To expel.
- verb To remove from office.
- verb To cause someone to be out of sorts; to annoy, impose, inconvenience, or disturb. “I don't mean to put you out. It's just vital that I get this done tonight.”
- verb (sports) To knock out: to eliminate from a competition.
- verb (baseball and cricket) To cause a player on offense to be out.
- verb (boxing and medicine) Synonym of knock out: to render unconscious.
Synonyms
boot out eject kick out depose impeach perturb unsettle agitate freak sting bother bring down discompose unstring disconcert enturbulate disturb mortify ruffle throw off balance trouble inconvenience disoblige discommode incommode smother exsert stretch out extend hold out
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