gut out
1 of 2transitive verb
: to remove in the process of gutting
the forests were gutted out and mined in the same fashion as the minerals
Lewis Mumford
Lewis Mumfordgut out
2 of 2verb
transitive verb
: to snuff out
burned so feebly and was so quickly gutted out Van Wyck Brooks
Van Wyck Brooksintransitive verb
: to gutter and go out
Word History
Etymology
Transitive verb
gut entry 2 + out
Verb
probably alteration (influenced by gut out entry 1) of gutter out