put oneself out

A form of put oneself about — To make oneself visible or noticeable in a place; to make an appearance.

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Meanings

verbput oneself out (third-person singular simple present puts oneself out, present participle putting oneself out, simple past and past participle put oneself out)

present singular third person puts oneself out · participle present putting oneself out

  1. alternativeAlternative form of put oneself about.

    1970-1975, Lou Sullivan, personal diary, quoted in 2019, Ellis Martin, Zach Ozma (editors), We Both Laughed In Pleasure M from upstairs has been sleeping on my couch. It's pretty easy to have him around—he puts himself out to do things for me like driving me to & from work etc.

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    “Why, but I told you during Lent to put in pipes,” he cried. “Don’t put yourself out; we shall get it all done in time.”

    1901 [1878], chapter 13, in Constance Garnett, transl., Anna Karenina, translation of Анна Каренина (Anna Karenina) by Leo Tolstoy, part 2

Synonyms & antonyms

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put oneself about
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APA

put oneself out. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20oneself%20out

MLA

“put oneself out.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20oneself%20out. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “put oneself out,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/put%20oneself%20out.

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