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PUT; PUT (disambiguation); Put (disambiguation)
put
¦ verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put)
1. move to or place in a particular position.
2. bring into a particular state or condition: they tried to put me at ease.
express in a particular way: to put it bluntly, he was not really divorced.
3. (put something on/on to) cause to carry or be subject to something: commentators put the blame on Congress.
assign a particular value, figure, or limit to.
4. (of a ship) proceed in a particular direction: the boat put out to sea.
5. throw (a shot or weight) as an athletic sport.
¦ noun a throw of the shot or weight.
Phrases
put someone's eyes out blind someone in a violent way.
put one's hands together applaud.
put one's hands up raise one's hands in surrender.
put one over on informal deceive (someone) into accepting something false.
put up or shut up informal justify oneself or remain silent.
Phrasal verbs
put about Nautical (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack.
put someone about chiefly Scottish & N. English upset or trouble someone.
put something about Brit. spread information or rumours.
put something aside (or by) save money for future use.
put someone away informal confine someone in a prison or psychiatric hospital.
put something away
1. save money for future use.
2. informal consume food or drink in large quantities.
put someone down informal criticize someone.
put something down
1. suppress a rebellion or riot by force.
2. kill an animal because it is sick, injured, or old.
3. pay a specified sum as a deposit.
4. preserve or store food or wine for future use.
put something down to attribute something to.
put someone off
1. cancel or postpone an appointment with someone.
2. cause someone to feel dislike or lose enthusiasm.
3. distract someone.
put something off postpone something.
put someone on informal try to make someone believe something that is untrue.
put something on
1. place a garment on part of one's body.
2. present or provide a play, service, etc.
3. become heavier by a specified amount.
4. assume a particular expression, accent, etc.
put someone on to draw someone's attention to.
put out N. Amer. informal agree to have sex with someone.
put someone out inconvenience, upset, or annoy someone.
put something out
1. dislocate a joint.
2. (of an engine or motor) produce a particular amount of power.
put something over N. Amer. postpone something.
put someone through
1. subject someone to a gruelling or unpleasant experience.
2. connect someone by telephone to another person or place.
3. pay for one's child to attend school or college.
put something to
1. submit something to (someone) for consideration.
(put it to) make a statement or allegation to (someone) and challenge them to deny it.
2. couple an animal with (another of the opposite sex) for breeding.
put someone up
1. accommodate someone temporarily.
2. propose someone for election or adoption.
put something up
1. present something for discussion or consideration.
2. publish banns.
3. provide money as backing for an enterprise.
4. offer something for sale or auction.
5. offer a specified degree of resistance or skill in a fight or contest.
6. cause game to rise from cover.
7. archaic return a sword to its sheath.
be put upon informal be taken advantage of.
put someone up to informal encourage someone to do (something wrong or unwise).
put up with tolerate; endure.
Origin
OE, of unknown origin; cf. dialect pote 'to push, thrust' (an early sense of put).
Put
·noun A certain game at cards.
II. Put ·noun A Pit.
III. Put ·Impf & ·p.p. of Put.
IV. Put ·noun A Prostitute.
V. Put ·vi To go or move; as, when the air first puts up.
VI. Put ·noun A rustic; a clown; an awkward or uncouth person.
VII. Put ·vi To play a card or a hand in the game called put.
VIII. Put ·- 3d pers. ·sg ·pres. of Put, contracted from putteth.
IX. Put ·vt To lay down; to give up; to Surrender.
X. Put ·vt To convey coal in the mine, as from the working to the tramway.
XI. Put ·noun The act of putting; an action; a movement; a thrust; a push; as, the put of a ball.
XIII. Put ·vt To attach or attribute; to Assign; as, to put a wrong construction on an act or expression.
XIV. Put ·noun A privilege which one party buys of another to "put" (deliver) to him a certain amount of stock, grain, ·etc., at a certain price and date.
XV. Put ·vt To throw or cast with a pushing motion "overhand," the hand being raised from the shoulder; a practice in athletics; as, to put the shot or weight.
- nearly obsolete, except with adverbs, as with by (to put by = to thrust aside; to divert); or with forth (to put forth = to thrust out).
XVIII. Put ·vt To bring to a position or place; to Place; to Lay; to Set; figuratively, to cause to be or exist in a specified relation, condition, or the like; to bring to a stated mental or moral condition; as, to put one in fear; to put a theory in practice; to put an enemy to fight.
XIX. Put ·vt To set before one for judgment, acceptance, or rejection; to bring to the attention; to Offer; to State; to Express; figuratively, to assume; to Suppose;
- formerly sometimes followed by that introducing a proposition; as, to put a question; to put a case.
put
(puts, putting)
Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.
Note: The form 'put' is used in the present tense and is the past tense and past participle. 'Put' is used in a large number of expressions which are explained under other words in this dictionary. For example, the expression 'to put someone in the picture' is explained at 'picture'.
1.
When you put something in a particular place or position, you move it into that place or position.
Leaphorn put the photograph on the desk...
She hesitated, then put her hand on Grace's arm...
Mishka put down a heavy shopping bag.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V n with adv
2.
If you put someone somewhere, you cause them to go there and to stay there for a period of time.
Rather than put him in the hospital, she had been caring for him at home...
I'd put the children to bed.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
3.
To put someone or something in a particular state or situation means to cause them to be in that state or situation.
This is going to put them out of business...
He was putting himself at risk...
My doctor put me in touch with a psychiatrist...
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv, V n prep/adv
4.
To put something on people or things means to cause them to have it, or to cause them to be affected by it.
The ruling will put extra pressure on health authorities to change working practices and shorten hours...
They will also force schools to put more emphasis on teaching basic subjects.
= place
VERB: V n on n, V n on n
5.
If you put your trust, faith, or confidence in someone or something, you trust them or have faith or confidence in them.
How much faith should we put in anti-ageing products?
= place
VERB: V n in n
6.
If you put time, strength, or energy into an activity, you use it in doing that activity.
Eleanor did not put much energy into the discussion.
VERB: V n into n/-ing
7.
If you put money into a business or project, you invest money in it.
Investors should consider putting some money into an annuity...
VERB: V n into n
8.
When you put an idea or remark in a particular way, you express it in that way. You can use expressions like to put it simply and to put it bluntly before saying something when you want to explain how you are going to express it.
I had already met Pete a couple of times through-how should I put it-friends in low places...
He doesn't, to put it very bluntly, give a damn about the woman or the baby...
He admitted the security forces might have made some mistakes, as he put it...
You can't put that sort of fear into words.
VERB: V it adv/prep, V it adv/prep, V it, V n into n
9.
When you put a question to someone, you ask them the question.
Is this fair. Well, I put that question today to Deputy Counsel Craig Gillen...
He thinks that some workers may be afraid to put questions publicly.
VERB: V n to n, V n adv
10.
If you put a case, opinion, or proposal, you explain it and list the reasons why you support or believe it.
He always put his point of view with clarity and with courage...
He put the case to the Saudi Foreign Minister...
= present
VERB: V n, V n to n
11.
If you put something at a particular value or in a particular category, you consider that it has that value or that it belongs in that category.
I would put her age at about 50 or so...
All the more technically advanced countries put a high value on science...
It is not easy to put the guilty and innocent into clear-cut categories.
VERB: V n at amount, V n on n, V n into n
12.
If you put written information somewhere, you write, type, or print it there.
Mary's family were so pleased that they put an announcement in the local paper to thank them...
He crossed out 'Screenplay' and put 'Written by' instead.
VERB: V n prep/adv, V n
13.
If you put it to someone that something is true, you suggest that it is true, especially when you think that they will be unwilling to admit this.
But I put it to you that they're useless...
PHRASE: V inflects
14.
If you say that something is bigger or better than several other things put together, you mean that it is bigger or has more good qualities than all of those other things if they are added together.
London has more pubs and clubs than the rest of the country put together.
PHRASE: n PHR
Examples of use of put
1. Put aside 50,000, put aside any other assumptions or questions.
2. I stripped a lamp cord, put it underneath the doormat, put the other end in the keyhole and put my hand on the switch.
3. I put a rope around him and put it around a tree.
4. Q÷ He put you on the spot. He put your credibility on the line.
5. Q:В He put you on the spot.В He put your credibility on the line.