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puts someone's pipe out

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

Meaning of put someone's pipe out

Verb

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

  1. (UK, archaic, slang) To scupper someone's plans.
    • “I'll tell you something, too,” retorted the captain, duskily flushing. “I wouldn't sail this ship for the man you are, if you went upon your knees. I've dealt with gentlemen up to now.”
      “I can tell you the names of a number of gentlemen you'll never deal with any more, and that's the whole of...1892, Robert Louis Stevenson, chapter 10, in The Wrecker

Questions about puts someone's pipe out

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

Words near puts someone's pipe out in the dictionary

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

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