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to put out

to put out

13 7.3
Cause a player to be out in a game like baseball
  • phrasal verb
  • /pʊt aʊt/
  • Jargon
translation icon : eliminar
  • The skilled pitcher managed to put out the batter with a strikeout.
  • put out of the game

Examples

  • In the Southeast, many family-owned construction businesses were put out of business by contractors who hired only undocumented labor.

    Blog text (25)

  • In the final inning, he made a stunning catch that put out the opposing player.

  • Then they put out that Warren.

    Fiction book (1997)

  • I'd think the fines could put most of them out of business.

    Blog text (29)

  • You've just been put out of business.

    Absentia (2011)

  • They'll put us out of business.

    Psycho IV: The Beginning (1990)

  • If he's elected president... he'll put Hammerson out of business.

    Shoot 'Em Up (2007)

  • Gentlemen, this will single-handedly put federal marshals out of business.

    Pursued (2004)

  • During the game, she hit a line drive that put out the runner at second base.

Synonyms

to strike out
vsto put out
  • Jargon
31 4.1

In baseball, cause a batter to be out after they miss three pitches

is a general act causing a player to be dismissed in various sports
to bowl out
vsto put out
  • Jargon
1 8.1

To get all the players who are batting for the other team out so they cannot bat anymore

is focused on single player dismissals rather than removing the entire team

Surface Forms

put out infinitive
put out past
put out past participle
putting out present participle
puts out third person singular

Morphology

put + out

The anesthetic sense is partially inferable because 'put' can mean 'place into a state' and 'out' can signal loss of consciousness in constructions like 'knock out' or 'black out', so there is a conceptual link to making someone unconscious. However, 'out' more typically means 'outside' for learners and the specific medical/useful sense 'put (someone) out' = 'sedate/put to sleep' is idiomatic and register-specific, so a B1 learner who only knows the constituents would likely not fully predict it.

Etymology

Put out in sports comes from the idea of moving a player out of the game by tagging or catching them, so it means 'to cause a player to be out' in a game.