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stub out

vb. 1 (context transitive English) To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip. 2 (context transitive idiomatic English) To eradicate

WordNet
stub out

v. extinguish by crushing; "stub out your cigar" [syn: crush out, extinguish, press out]

Usage examples of "stub out".

The chauffeur came around the car and spit the cigarette stub out of his mouth with casual contempt.

He took the cigar stub out of his mouth and studied it as if it were a significant clue in a dog theft.

He stood still for a moment, shut his eyes, and swivelled both feet like a man trying to stub out two cigarettes at once.

He stood and flicked the stub out into the darkness, a solitary ember that arced away and was lost in the night.