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bucket out

British  

verb

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

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Example Sentences

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He stands and pulls two rakes and a bucket out of the back of the truck.

From Literature

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

From Los Angeles Times

The man rolled up his pants before dropping down into ankle-deep waste to to pull the bucket out.

From New York Times

Misha pushed the goat away idly and lifted up the bucket out of their reach.

From Literature

Moreover, $22.5 billion is a drop in the bucket out of the nearly $6 trillion primarily spent on reducing the harm of the pandemic — it’s foolish to withhold what amounts to 0.36 percent of the total aid.

From Washington Post