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[pʊt]

(past tense past participle put) verb [T]

1) to move something to a particular position using your hands

Where did you put the newspaper?[/ex]

Did I put my wallet in your bag?[/ex]

She put her hand on Cliff's arm.[/ex]

2) to cause someone or something to be in a particular situation

She was put in charge of the marketing department.[/ex]

The information you've given me puts me in a really difficult position.[/ex]

I hate being put under so much pressure.[/ex]

That argument put me in a bad mood for the rest of the day.[/ex]

Supermarkets have put many smaller shops out of business.[/ex]

3) to write or print something somewhere

Put a tick by the correct answer.[/ex]

I'll put a note at the bottom of the card.[/ex]

You've put the comma in the wrong place.[/ex]

4) to make someone go to a place

The government has promised to put more police officers on the street.[/ex]

What time do you put the kids to bed?[/ex]

5) to say or write something in a particular way

She put it very well when she described him as ‘brilliant but lazy'.[/ex]

6) to build or place something somewhere

There are plans to put ten new houses on the site.[/ex]

We decided to put the office upstairs.[/ex]

7) to give something a particular position on a list according to importance, quality, or value

I'd put Monet among the best artists of the century.[/ex]

They're so different, you can't even put them in the same category.[/ex]

8) to state or explain something

You will get plenty of opportunity to put your point of view.[/ex]

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not put it past sb (to do sth) — used for saying that you think someone is capable of doing something bad or dishonest[/ex]

'Do you think Jake took the money?' 'I wouldn't put it past him.'[/ex]

put sth behind you — to stop thinking about something unpleasant that has happened to you[/ex]

I was upset at the time, but I've managed to put it behind me.[/ex]

put a stop/end to sth — to make something stop happening[/ex]

You ought to put a stop to that sort of behaviour.[/ex]

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- put sth across

- put sth aside

- put sth away

- put sth back

- put sth by

- put sb down

- put sth down

- put sth down to sth

- put sb forward

- put sth forward

- put sth in

- put sth into sth

- put sb off

- put sb off (sb/sth)

- put sth off

- put sb on

- put sth on

- put sb out

- put sth out

- put sth over

- put sb through sth

- put sb/sth through

- put sth to sb

- put sth together

- put sb up

- put sth up

- put sb up to sth

- put up with sb/sth