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pit out

pit out verb: to leave the pits and go out onto the race track.

Verb

pit out (third-person singular simple present pits out, present participle pitting out, simple past and past participle pitted out)

  1. (intransitive, car racing) To leave the pits and go out onto the race track
  2. (intransitive) To stop working
  3. (intransitive) To show sweat on one's clothes, especially around the armpits.
    • It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning.
  4. (transitive) To make sweaty (of clothes).
    • At this rate, he was going to pit out his dress shirt, and he didn't have anything to change into before the meeting.

Forms of pit out

third-person singular presentpits out
present participlepitting out
past participlepitted out
pastpitted out

Questions about pit out

What does pit out mean?
Pit out means to leave the pits and go out onto the race track.
What part of speech is pit out?
Pit out is a verb.
What is the past tense of pit out?
The past tense of pit out is pitted out.

Words near pit out in the dictionary

  1. pit nutters
  2. pit of despair
  3. pit of the stomach
  4. Pit of Voles
  5. pit one's wits
  6. pit out
  7. pit ponies
  8. pit pony
  9. pit prop
  10. pit props
  11. Pit River language

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