Put someone out

Question

When we talk about a horse what it could mean.

I'm not going to race him. I'm going to put him out to stud.

I would guess that put out means here exactly

To publish something or make it publicly available

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Is that true?

Answer 1

"Put out" is remarkably versatile.

1. It can have a literal meaning. "Put out the cat for the night." And the related figurative usage: "He put out feelers to see if anyone would offer him a job."

2. To inconvenience: "Would it put you out if I borrowed your car?"

3. To be annoyed: "It really puts me out that he keeps asking to borrow my car.

4. Baseball term of art: "He tried to turn a single into a double, but he was put out at second."

5. Render unconscious: "Don't worry about the operation. They'll put you out with anesthesia and you won't feel a thing."

6. Of anything burning, to extinguish. A fire, a cigaret.

7. Vulgar slang: of a woman, agree to have sex.

8. Of a newspaper, to publish.

   For publish or make publicly known (particularly rumors), you may be thinking of "put it about."

Answer 2

You can't use the phrasal put out here.

I'm not going to race him. I'm going to put him out to stud.

• put is the verb
• him is the direct object
• out is an adverb (modifying put)

put as used means:

3) to cause to be in a certain position or place; place; set ⇒ "put the box here"

basically sending the horse to a stud farm.