to put out
18
3.4
- phrasal verb
- /pʊt aʊt/
:
extender
- When I got there, I put out my wrist for my band-stamp.
- put out a hand
But then I put my hand out and you slug me, right?
- But then I put my hand out and you slug me, right?
- Just being like, why don't I put my tongue out?
- And then from here, put your arms out like this, like a big ball, yeah.
- And but I laid down totally relaxed, put my arms out.
- And unlike the judge when I got my seven years, who really coated me and said blah, blah, blah, he put his hands out like this.
- He came over to congratulate me and he put out his hand and I said he did it and you know it.
Examples
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Put out your hand, seriously just trust me.
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Put your arms out straight.
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And then from here, put your arms out like this, like a big ball, yeah.
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When he was leaving, I just put my hand out and he did this, put my hand.
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Everybody put out your left hand, all right?
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Put your left hand out, check Mark with the right.
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Put your hand out, boy.
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Put your right hand out to the side.
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When Connolly went to go past him, the officer put out his hand.
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Put out your hands so I can see them clearly.
Synonyms
265
2.7
To reach out with your body or make something longer
89
3.5
To put a hand forward to show or give something
73
2.7
To stretch a hand toward something to touch it
20
3.4
Move part of your body, for example your arm, to reach or see something
16
3.2
To move something outward using force
16
3.5
To stick out from something like a wall or table
1
6.1
To reach out a hand or arm toward something to offer help
To stick out from something
Antonyms
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
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 meaning to extend a part of the body comes from the simple image of moving your hand or foot out away from your body, so it means 'to hold something away from yourself'.