putting someone's lights out
putting someone's lights out is the present participle and gerund 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)
- 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 putting someone's lights out
- What is putting someone's lights out the present participle and gerund of?
- Putting someone's lights out is the present participle and gerund of put someone's lights out.
Words near putting someone's lights out in the dictionary
- putting someone under
- putting someone under the screw
- putting someone wise
- putting someone's back up
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- putting someone's lights out
- putting someone's pipe out
- putting something behind one
- putting something down to experience
- putting something into perspective
- putting spurs to
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