stub out

English

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Verb

stub out (third-person singular simple present stubs out, present participle stubbing out, simple past and past participle stubbed out)

1. (transitive) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.
2. (transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate.

Anagrams

• bust out, bust-out