suck out
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, outUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.
» Don't suck the fun out of everything.
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2 sensesUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.
(slang)To win a hand, usually on a showdown, by hitting a card on the turn or river to make a better hand than one's opponent, even though one had a significantly inferior hand on the flop.
- remove by suction
Examples
4 sentencesDon't suck the fun out of everything.
He was sucked out into space.
Yanni used a syringe to suck out air from the windshield bullseye.
It's funny, all the things we can come up with to make life more convenient and suck more money out of people.
Forms
sucks out, sucking out, sucked out, sucked out| Base form | suck out · to suck out |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | sucks out |
| Present participle | sucking out |
| Past simple | sucked out |
| Past participle | sucked out |
irregular
Phrasal verbs
6 phrasal verbs- suck upбити чолом, вклонятисяTo absorb (fluid).
- suck inвсмоктувати, всмоктатиTo draw inward using suction. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, in.
- suck downвдихнути, вдихатиTo drink (or, more rarely, eat) all of something quickly.
- suck intoпритягнути, притягтиTo cause someone to become slowly more and more involved in a business or situation that is often not to that person's liking.
- suck outUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, out.
- suck underTo pull (someone or something) under the surface of a body of water.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Phrasal verbs: introduction — Because it is a phrasal verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.