Question
I was given a elephant plant can i put it outside.

Answer
Do you mean Elephant Ear plants?  Please confirm for me so we can get to the bottom of this:

http://www.gardenersnet.com/bulbs/elephantears.htm

Sound like yours?

If you live in a frost-free region -- South Florida, parts of California, Louisiana, etc. -- SURE you can leave your Elephant(s) outside.

If not, you'll have to bring it indoors for the winter.  Frost, even just a little bit, can destroy these in an instant.  But that's only if this is the plant you have.  Please confirm.  If not, let me know, and we'll hunt it down together.

Thanks for writing.