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61put out — /ˌpυt aυt/ verb to send something out for other people to work on ● We are planning to put out most of the work to freelancers. ♦ to put work out to contract to decide that work should be done by a company on a contract, rather than employ… …
62put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …
63put out of the way — {v. phr.} To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./ …
64put out — phr verb Put out is used with these nouns as the subject: fire brigade, ↑firefighter, ↑ship Put out is used with these nouns as the object: ↑album, ↑alert, ↑bait, ↑blaze, ↑bonfire, ↑book, ↑bulletin, ↑cigar, ↑ …
65put\ out\ of\ the\ way — v. phr. To kill. When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way. The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way …
66put out feelers — Before doing something, if you try to discover what other people thnk about it by making discreet enquiries, you put out feelers. The politician put out feelers to test public reaction to his proposals …
67put out to pasture — To say that someone has been put out to pasture means that they have been forced to retire or give up their responsibilities. He s in good health and he feels it s too early to be put out to pasture …
68put·out — /ˈpʊtˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] baseball : an action that causes a batter or runner on the opposite team to be out The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base for the putout. see also put out at ↑put, 1 …
69put out the welcome mat (for somebody) — lay, put, roll, etc. out the ˈwelcome mat (for sb) idiom (especially NAmE) to make sb feel welcome; to try to attract visitors, etc • The county has put out the welcome mat for international investors. Main entry: ↑welcome matidiom …
70put-out — /poot owt /, n. Baseball. an instance of putting out a batter or base runner. [1880 85, Amer.; n. use of v. phrase put out] * * * …
