pit out

English

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, of a machine) 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.

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