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  1. 1
    to make something stop burning

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    To stop a fire: put out, smother, extinguish, blow out, stamp out, beat out, douse, fight a fire/blaze, tackle, quench... more
    1. a.
      to switch off a light

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

      To make a machine or piece of machinery stop working: break, cannibalize, cut, deactivate, disable, disengage, flash, flick, flip off, immobilize... more
  3. 3
    to place something outside your house

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    General words meaning to put something somewhere: put, place, position, set, lay, balance, pile, settle, set out, put down... more
    1. a.
      put the garbage/trash out to put waste outside your house so that it can be collected and taken away

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

      Sanitation and waste disposal: binman, bonfire, curbside collection, disposal, dump, dumping ground, dustman, garbage collector, garbage disposal, garbage dump... more
    2. b.
      put the laundry/wash out to hang clothes outside to dry after you have washed them

      American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

      Washing, drying and ironing clothes: air, boil, come off, come out, dhobi, drip-dry, dry-clean, dry cleaner’s, hang out, hang up... more
  9. 9
    if a ship puts out, it sails away from a port

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    What ships and boats do: capsize, cast off, come about, dock, founder, go about, ground, heave to, heel, hydroplane... more
  11. 11
    put your back/shoulder etc. out to injure your back/shoulder etc. by moving a bone out of its position in a joint

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    To injure yourself or someone else: injure, harm, wound, cut, burn, strain, break, bruise, disable... more
  12. 12
    put your hand/arm/foot out to move your hand/arm/foot forward from your body

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    To move your limbs and appendages: spread, fold your arms/hands, bend, wave, reach out, kick, stretch, open, close, extend... more
  13. 13
    put the word out informal to tell people about something

    American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put out

    To give information to many people: announce, disclose, broadcast, reveal, proclaim, put out, spread, disseminate, let it be known that... more

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