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.
    Synonym: snub
  2. (transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate.

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