to end something bad or unpleasant by taking strong and determined action
to make a fire stop burning by putting your feet down hard on it
to press the shape of an object out of a substance such as clay or plastic using a tool or machine
He stamped out the flames before they could grow.
It is our duty to stamp out any abuses of political power.
Some of you can get out in the snow first thing in the morning before the guests are stirring and stamp out the suggested message.
This last one, quite different of course -- but if I could have helped stamp out Fascism... Aid the allies.
stamps out
stamping out
stamped out
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
It was time to ________ for the night.
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