stub out

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to put out a cigarette or cigar by pressing and crushing its burning end

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   stub out something / stub something out

   Usage: The cigarette or cigar is the object. Put a pronoun before out: stub it out. Extinguish it by crushing the burning end.

   He paused to stub out his cigarette in the ashtray.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   He paused to stub out his cigarette in the ashtray.

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