Meaning
To soak something in water to draw out salt, blood, dirt, or bitterness before cooking — most often salted meat or fish. To 'soak out' the salt fish or the pig tail is to leave it in water (sometimes overnight, sometimes with the water changed) so the excess salt comes out and the food is fit to cook. The same idea covers soaking peas or beans to soften them.
Examples
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Soak out di saltfish before yuh cook it.
Soak the excess salt out of the salt fish before cooking it.
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Mi soak out di pig tail whole night.
I soaked the pig tail overnight to draw out the salt.
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Soak out di peas so it cook faster.
Soak the peas so they cook faster.
Origin
From 'soak' + 'out' (remove); to soak to draw out salt/impurities. See [[saltfish]], [[wash-meat]].
How it’s used
To soak salted meat/fish to draw out excess salt. See [[saltfish]], [[wash-meat]].