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1. put... out p.v. When you extinguish a fire or something that is burning, you put itout.
Put that cigaretteout immediately.
It was two hours before the fire wasput out.
2. put ...out p.v. When you take something from inside a building or storage place and leave it outside for someone to take, use, or deal with, youput itout.
The garbage truck comes early tomorrow morning, soput the trash bagsout tonight.
Judy put some clothesout for her daughter to wear the next day.
3. put... out p.v. When youput out your hand, arm, foot, or leg, you extend it front of your body.
Mikeput out his leg and tripped me.
Iput my handout, but she refused to shake it.
4^ut... out p.v. When youput yourselfout, you try very hard to help someone.
Sofia really put herself out to make her new daughter-in-law feel welcome.
Don't put yourself out. I can make my own dinner.
5. put ...out p.v. When youput people out, you inconvenience them.
Erik really put Billout when he asked him for a ride to the airport at 3:00 in the morning.
You've done so much to help me. I'm sorry to have put youout.
6. put out p.v. When you areput out by people, you are annoyed by something they have said or done.
/ was really putout by having to take a taxi to work because Mike hadn't returned my car.
Dan wasput out by Sam's ungrateful attitude.
put out part.adj. When you are annoyed by something that someone has said or done, you areput out.
Maria'sput out; the manager thanked everyone who worked on the project except her.
7. put... out p.v. When a book, magazine, newspaper, or musical recording is published or issued, it isput out.
The publisher is planning toput a new magazineout that will appeal to teenage girls.
Frank Sinatraput out several classic recordings in the 1950s.
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1. sort... out p.v. When yousort a group of thingsout, you separate them into smaller groups according to one or more characteristics.
After you take the laundry out of the dryer, you have tosort itout.
The mail arrives at the post office alt mixed together, and it has to besorted outbefore it can be delivered.
sorted out part.adj. After you separate things into smaller groups according to one or more characteristics, they aresorted out.
The mail issorted out and ready to be delivered.
2. sort... out p.v. When you do something to solve a problem or to correct a misunderstanding, yousort itout.
Janice was angry with me about what happened last night, but I called her and we sorted everythingout.
Everyone is confused about the new plan. We ought to talk to Mrs. Taytor andsorteverythingout.
sorted out part.adj. After you do something to solve a problem or to correct a misunderstanding, it issorted out.
Mike and Tom had a big fight, but everything issorted out now.
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1. space... out p.v. [informal—used mostly by young people] When you space out or when somethingspaces youout, something or someone confuses you and causes you to forget what you were saying or doing at that moment.
This place is really weird — it'sspacing meout.Sorry, what did you say? I wasn't listening — Ispaced out.
spaced-out part.adj. When something or someone confuses you and causes you to forget what you were saying or doing at that moment, you arespaced-out.
Half of what Jerry says doesn't make any sense; he's allspaced-out.