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| bid |
to put out an offer to buy something at a certain price or to do a job for a certain price. [1/8 definitions] |
| branch |
to put out branches. [1/6 definitions] |
| call on |
to put out an official demand to (a person, agency, institution, or the like). [1/4 definitions] |
| damp |
to reduce or put out (a fire) by cutting off air flow. [1/8 definitions] |
| disjoint |
to put out of joint; dislocate. [1/5 definitions] |
| dislocate |
to put out of place, esp. in relation to other parts. [1/3 definitions] |
| dispossess |
to put out of possession or occupancy, esp. of real property. |
| double play |
in baseball, a single play in which two players are put out. |
| extend |
to put out or stretch out (an arm, hand, or other part of the body). [1/8 definitions] |
| extinguish |
to put out (a fire, flame, or light). [1/4 definitions] |
| fielder's choice |
in baseball, a fielder's decision, on a batted ground ball, to put out a base runner instead of the batter. |
| fire brigade |
(chiefly British) an organization that works to prevent and put out fires; fire department. |
| fire department |
a department of a city or town government that works to prevent and put out fires, or the persons employed in it. |
| forget |
to put out of one's mind; to rid oneself of a memory or memories. [1/10 definitions] |
| foul out |
of a baseball player, to be put out because of hitting a ball outside the foul lines that is caught before it touches the ground. [2 definitions] |
| house organ |
a publication put out periodically by a business or other organization for its employees, customers, or the like. |
| quench |
to extinguish or put out (a fire). [1/3 definitions] |
| retire |
in baseball, to put out. [1/7 definitions] |
| root1 |
to cause to put out roots or become implanted. [1/11 definitions] |
| rundown |
a baseball play in which a runner is put out when caught between bases. [1/2 definitions] |
| sacrifice |
in baseball, a hit that allows someone already on base to advance, though the hitter is put out. [2/11 definitions] |
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