Definition & Meaning of "put out"

to make things difficult for someone

to extend a part of body or an object from its usual position, often for a specific purpose or function

to make a significant effort

to make someone unconscious using drugs or an anesthetic

to produce and release something for public distribution or sale

to stop working after reaching retirement age or for other reasons

(of baseball) to cause a player to be out during a fielding play

to engage in sexual activity or to express a willingness to do so

to dislocate a bone from its normal position

to place one's trash or recycling outside for the garbage truck to take away