put out

put out  {v.}

1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off.

Please put the light out when you leave the room.

The firemen put out the blaze.

2. To prepare for the public; produce; make.

For years he had put out a weekly newspaper.

It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner.

3. To invest or loan money.

He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better.

4. To make angry; irritate; annoy.

It puts the teacher out to be lied to.

Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit.

5.  {informal}

To cause inconvenience to; bother.

He put himself out to make things pleasant for us.

Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?

Compare: GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY.

6. To retire from play in baseball.

The runner was put out at first base.

7. To go from shore; leave.

A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves.

8.  {vulgar},  {avoidable}

Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse.