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putting someone's pipe out

putting someone's pipe out is the present participle and gerund 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 putting someone's pipe out

What is putting someone's pipe out the present participle and gerund of?
Putting someone's pipe out is the present participle and gerund of put someone's pipe out.

Words near putting someone's pipe out in the dictionary

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

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