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put out
1. To extinguish: put out a fire.
2. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
3. To expel: put out a drunk.
4. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
5.
a. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
b. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
6. To make an effort.
7. Baseball To retire a runner.
8. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.