English

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Verb

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dump out (third-person singular simple present dumps out, present participle dumping out, simple past and past participle dumped out)

  1. (informal, transitive) To discard, to throw away, to toss out.
  2. (transitive) To empty a container by turning its contents out over a surface.
  3. (transitive, ice hockey, of a defensive player) To gain control of the puck and shoot it into the neutral zone.

Usage notes

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  • As with many phrasal verbs, a short direct object will frequently precede the particle, as in “He dumped it out”, rather than *“He dumped out it.”