Meaning of put sth out In English

• 0 to make a light stop shining by pressing or moving a switch:

  • Did you put the lights out downstairs?

  • Put that torch out!

• 1 to make something such as a fire or cigarette stop burning:

  • Firefighters have been called to put out the fire in the city centre.

  • Would you mind putting your cigarette out, please?

• 2 to move forward part of your body, such as your hand or your tongue, from your body:

  • She put out her hand to shake mine.

  • Don't put your tongue out - it's rude.

• 3 to injure part of your body by causing it to be moved out of its correct position:

  • He put his knee out playing tennis.

• 4 to produce something in large quantities, so that it can be sold:

  • They put out millions of pairs of shoes a year.

  • Police have put out a warning to people living in the area.

• 5 If a mistake puts out a set of mathematical calculations, it causes them to be wrong:

  • That one error put the figures out by several thousand pounds.

• 6 If you put work out, you employ someone outside your organization to do it:

  • The council has put the job of street-cleaning out to a private firm.

• 7 to produce a product for sale:

  • They are going to put out a line of electric cars next year in California.

• 8 to give work to other companies, or to people who are not company employees:

  • Not all machine parts were manufactured at their plant - some were put out to other companies

• 9 to publish a document, magazine, etc.:

  • The group put out a journal and provided textbooks for independent study.