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Значение идиомы 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 theroom.
The firemen put out the blaze.
2. To prepare for thepublic; produce; make.
For years he had put out a weeklynewspaper.
It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellentdinner.
3. To invest or loan money.
He put out all his spare moneyat 4 percent or better.
4. To make angry; irritate; annoy.
It putsthe teacher out to be lied to.
Father was put out when Janespilled grape juice on his new suit.
5. {informal} To causeinconvenience to; bother.
He put himself out to make thingspleasant 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 sexualintercourse.
It is rumored that Hermione gets her promotions asfast as she does because she puts out.
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