stub out
Related to stub out: snub out
stub out
To extinguish a lit object, especially a cigarette or cigar, by pressing the lit end against a hard surface. A noun or pronoun can be used between "stub" and "out." He stubbed out the cigarette and got up to leave. I'm so sorry, I didn't realize the smoke was bothering you. Let me stub this out.
See also: out, stub
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stub something out
to put out something, such as a cigarette or cigar, by crushing the burning end against a hard object. Max stubbed his cigar out and tossed it into the street. He stubbed out his cigar.
See also: out, stub
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
stub out
v.
To extinguish some cigarette, cigar, or similar smoking material by stamping the burning end against a surface: There were no ashtrays around, so I stubbed out the cigarette on the heel of my shoe. If you had told me the smoke from my cigar was bothering you, I would have stubbed it out.
See also: out, stub
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs.
- snub
- snub out
- not do (someone or oneself) any favors
- interpret for
- interpret for (someone)
- play ball with, to
- involve with
- involve with (someone or something)
- involved with
- dope out