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(transitive) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip. / (transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate

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stub out

Source Word

stub out

Verb

transitive idiomatic

(transitive) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip. / (transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate

Japanese Meaning

（シガーやタバコなどを）先端を押しつぶして消す / （比喩的に）根絶する、撲滅する

Please stub out your cigarette before entering the building.

建物に入る前にたばこの火を踏んで消してください。

Sense（1）

(transitive) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.

Sense（2）

(transitive, idiomatic) To eradicate

stubs out

（ present singular third-person ）

stubbing out

（ participle present ）

stubbed out

（ participle past ）

stubbed out

（ past ）