stub out
verb1
To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.
- He stubbed out his cigarette in the ashtray and went back inside.
2
Idiomatic To eradicate.
verb — 2 senses
To extinguish (a cigar, cigarette) by crushing the tip.
Idiomatic To eradicate.
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