pit out

verb

To leave the pits and go out onto the race track

“It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning.”

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Meanings

verbpit out (third-person singular simple present pits out, present participle pitting out, simple past and past participle pitted out)

present singular third person pits out · participle present pitting out · participle past pitted out · past pitted out

  1. intransitivecar racingTo leave the pits and go out onto the race track
  2. intransitiveTo stop working
  3. intransitiveTo show sweat on one's clothes, especially around the armpits.

    It was so hot, I was starting to pit out by mid-morning.

  4. transitiveTo 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.

Cite this entry
APA

pit out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20out

MLA

“pit out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20out. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pit out,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pit%20out.

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