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Hi this is Tutor Nick P and this is Verb Phrase 166. The verb phrase today is to
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put out. Now put out is a very common verb. So we actually have 10 different
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uses of put out today. Since we do have 10 , we're only going to give one example for
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each one. But let's look at the first one. To make a lot of effort or go
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through a lot of trouble for someone. So here's the first example. I didn't mean
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to put you out, but I really appreciate your help.
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Yeah. So that's the way we often use it. We say oh I'm sorry, I didn't want to put
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you out or I didn't mean to put you out. I didn't... mean to make you go through
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so much trouble. That's just how we would use it. All right.
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Number two. To put something on display or make it visible. Like this
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could be in a store for example. Put out more apples from the stock or from the
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stockroom. We are almost sold out of the ones on display. So got to put more out. To
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put more out you know where people can see them. Put more out on display. Number
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three to expel from a place or the premises. All right here. The bar bouncer
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put out to that drunk troublemaker. Yeah. If you have ever gone to a nightclub or in a
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bar late at night, you know that they do have a bouncer. In case anybody starts a
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fight. You know some big tough guy will probably you know grab him and you know
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push him out the door. Or maybe there'll be several bouncers that might do that.
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So they might put somebody out that's causing trouble because you don't want to
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have a fight start in the bar. It could cause a lot of chaos. All right. Number four
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here. To put something outside. Just simply bring it outside. I'll put the
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plants out on the balcony. You know. So as long as it's you know out of your inside
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your house. You know, the balcony is technically outside. So that's okay. To
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get more sunshine. To put them out on the balcony.
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Okay. Number five. To publish something or make it available to the public.
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So that mainstream news outlet puts out a lot of fake news. All right. So you
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could say somebody puts out or they put out a lot of stories about this or about
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that. So they publish it. They make it
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available to the public. All right. Number six. To extinguish something. Yeah. Extinguish is
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usually like put out a fire. Could you please put out your cigarette ? This is a
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non-smoking area. Yeah. So that, that's often on you know, a lot of signs. To
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extinguish your cigarette or the most common ways we say to put out a
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cigarette. Okay. Number seven. To make someone ... unhappy especially from
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impolite behavior. This one's a little more formal. It really puts me out when he
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uses a lot of foul language, you know, some dirty words. A little bit like
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turning somebody off. Okay. Number eight here. To provide sex, used especially with
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women. All right you know, there's a little bit of a warning on this one.
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It may seem a little vulgar sometimes. Some , some, some might find it very
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offensive. It's probably used mostly with men when they're talking among themselves.
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Okay. They usually won't say this in front of a woman. That doesn't sound
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very nice. So but you could say she had a bad reputation in college, they
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said she would put out for any guy. So that would mean that you know, she would
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have sex with any guy or maybe, maybe some other guy would say. Yeah. You know, she
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never puts out or something like that. Again this you may , you may be a little
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offended by this. But it's very, very common. Probably used among men talking
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about you know, women among themselves. Usually they won't say this in front of
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women. Okay. Number nine. Generate or produce something. That assembly line
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puts out one thousand units per shift. Yeah. So they
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create it. They generate it. They produce it. Okay.
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And number ten here. To emit something. That factory's, that factory's smokestack
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puts out a lot of pollution every day. So they emit a lot of pollution every day. A
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lot of smoke is coming out of that. You know those smokestacks. All right . Anyway, I
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hope you got it. I hope you found it informative. Thank you for your time. Bye-
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bye.