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putout

American  
[poot-out] / ˈpʊtˌaʊt /
Or put-out

noun

Baseball.

  1. the retirement of a batter or base runner. PO

Etymology

Origin of putout

An Americanism dating back to 1880–85; noun use of verb phrase put out

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