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bucket out

British  

verb

  1. (tr) to empty out with or as if with a bucket

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The New York Knicks were within an inch of pulling off a basketball miracle, climbing bucket by bucket out of a 29-point deficit in the second half.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 11, 2026

“We have a bee bucket out, just back behind there,” Marini says, pointing to a patch of scrub.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2024

"But at night, it's a bucket out back for you to piss in."

From Salon Jun. 11, 2022

I grabbed a bucket out of the place where the effluent was from where they washed the clinic.

From Reuters Nov. 29, 2012

Vola pulled a bucket out from a cupboard and set it in the sink.

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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