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puts someone's lights out

puts someone's lights out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone's lights out.

Meaning of put someone's lights out

Verb

put someone's lights out (third-person singular simple present puts someone's lights out, present participle putting someone's lights out, simple past and past participle put someone's lights out)

  1. (idiomatic) To cause someone to become unconscious, especially by striking him or her.
    • "He's taken an awful lot of punches in his last few fights and if Thomas hits him like that, he'll put his lights out. It'll be like a blackout."1981 September 16, “More than 300 million to see THE fight tonight”, in Beaver County Times, retrieved 12 Nov 2015, page C1
    Synonyms:
    knock out

Questions about puts someone's lights out

What is puts someone's lights out the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts someone's lights out is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone's lights out.

Words near puts someone's lights out in the dictionary

  1. puts someone under
  2. puts someone under the screw
  3. puts someone wise
  4. puts someone's back up
  5. puts someone's light out
  6. puts someone's lights out
  7. puts someone's pipe out
  8. puts something behind one
  9. puts something down to experience
  10. puts something into perspective
  11. puts spurs to

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