put
verb
uk/pʊt/ usputting | put | put [ T ]
to move something into a particular place:
Can you put the file on my desk when you've finished with it, please?
We put the money in the safe at the end of each day.
[ T ]
to write down or record information:
Put your full name at the top of the form.
It's a good report, but you haven't put in anything about the costs.
You can save a lot of time and effort by putting your accounts on a computer.
[ T ]
to express something in words:
I hate these designs, but I don't know how to put it in a tactful way.
We're going to have to work very hard, but as Chris so succinctly put it, there's no gain without pain.
[ T ]
to cause someone or something to be in a particular condition or situation:
put sb in a difficult/awkward/embarrassing, etc. position This puts me in a very difficult position.
put sth into effect/practice Let's give her the chance to put her ideas into practice.
I don't know what the problem is, but we have two days to put it right.
put sb under pressure/strain/stress He put me under pressure to change my mind.
put sb out of business/work/a job Unemployment benefits for those put out of work have been extended for six months.
[ T ]
to officially begin using something:
The government is expected to put a new tax on cars.
The government put through a law requiring equal access to buildings for disabled people.
[ T ]
to judge something or someone in comparison with other similar things or people:
put sb/sth among sb/sth His four-year deal put him among the country's highest earners.
put sb/sth first/tenth/50th, etc. Washington's quarterly rate of one foreclosure for every 436 households put it 21st among states.
put a price/value/figure on sth
to say what you think the price or value of something is:
They've put a price of €2 million on the factory.
to put it bluntly/simply/briefly, etc.
to express something in a particular way:
To put it bluntly, you're going to have to improve.
Phrasal verbs
put sth across
put yourself across
put sth aside
put sth at sth
put sth away
put sth back
put sth before sb
put sth before sth
put sth by
put sth down
put sth/sb forward
put sth in
put sth in/into sth
put in for sth
put sth off
put sth out
put sb out
put sth over
put sb through
put sth to sb
put sth together
put sth up
put
noun [ C ]
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