put out |
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| Lexical unit types: | phrasal verb |
| Topics: | starting or stopping |
| Source domains: | entering or leaving a container |
| Particles: | out |
| Similes: | - |
| Verbs: | put |
| CEFR Levels: | A2, B1 | Synomyms: | turn off, switch off | Antonyms: | turn on, switch on | Definition: | 1. to make an electric light stop shining #A2 2. to make something such as a fire or candle stop burning #B1 | Examples: |
1) Put out the lamp and wait here. Who put the light out? Can you put the light out, dear? 2) Firefighters put out the fire. They quickly put the fire out. She put out the candles and followed him.
Collins English Dictionary: put out |
Motivation: |
OUT is leaving a container. Rudzka-Ostyn, Brygida. 2003. Word Power: Phrasal Verbs and Compounds: A Cognitive Approach. Berlin, New York: Mouton de Gruyter. |
Slične leksičke jedinice: take up, switch off, switch on, put on, turn off, turn on