bucket out

British

verb

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

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Example Sentences

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“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

The next challenge was getting the bucket out of the water.

From New York Times • May 15, 2012

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

From "Pax" by Sara Pennypacker

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