stub out

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English - English
To eradicate
To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip
extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar
extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar"
When someone stubs out a cigarette, they put it out by pressing it against something hard. Signs across the entrances warn all visitors to stub out their cigarettes. = put out
stub out

    Turkish pronunciation

    stʌb aut

    Pronunciation

    /ˈstəb ˈout/ /ˈstʌb ˈaʊt/

    Etymology

    [ 'st&b ] (noun.) before 12th century. Middle English stubb, from Old English stybb; akin to Old Norse stufr stump, Greek stypos stem, typtein to beat; more at TYPE.
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