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put sth away [ M ] STORE 1. to put something in the place or container where it is usually kept • Put your toys away now.
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put sth on [ M ] PRETEND 3. to pretend to have a particular feeling or way of behaving which is not real or natural to you • Why are you putting on that silly voice ? • There's no need to put on that injured expression - you know you're in the wrong. • I can't tell whether he's really upset, or if he's just putting it on.
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put sth out WORK 6. [ M ] UK ( US usually contract sth out ) If you put work out, you employ someone outside your organization to do it • The council has put the job of street-cleaning out to a private firm.
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put sth by [ M ] to save an amount of money to use later • I try to put by a few pounds every week.
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put sth down to sth to think that a problem or situation is caused by a particular thing • I put the children's bad behaviour down to the fact that they were tired.
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put sth in [ M ] OFFER 2. to formally offer a particular thing to be considered • I've put in an application to the college. • They've put in a bid for the company/a bid to buy the company.
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put sth on [ M ] OPERATE 1. mainly UK to make a device operate, or to cause a device to play something, such as a CD or video, by pressing a switch • Could you put the light on? • Do you mind if I put the television/some music on? • Don't forget to put the brake on.
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put sth in/put sth into sth [ M ] to spend a lot of time or effort doing something • You've obviously put a lot of work in on your garden. • If I put in some extra hours (= spend some extra hours working) today, I can have some time off tomorrow. • We've put a lot of time and effort into making the house look nice.
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put sth up [ M ] RAISE 1. to raise something, or to fix something in a raised position • Why don't you put up your hood/umbrella (= raise it over your head) ? • I put my hand up to ask the teacher a question. • I put my hair up (= fixed it into a position on the top of my head) for the wedding.
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put sth down [ M ] OPPOSITION 2. to stop or limit an opposing political event or group • Police used tear gas to put the riot down. • Thousands of troops were needed to put down the uprising.
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put to move something to a particular place: • I’ve put the wine in the fridge. • Where have you put my grey shirt? place to put something somewhere carefully: • ‘It’s beautiful,’ he said, placing it back on the shelf. lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface: • He laid all the money on the table. • She laid the baby on his bed. position to carefully put something in a suitable position: • Position the microphone to suit your height. • Troops were positioned around the city. slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement: • He slipped his arm around her waist. • Carrie quickly slipped the money into her bag. shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly: • Shove anything you don’t want in that sack. • I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer. stick ( also bung British English ) informal to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly: • I stuck the address in my pocket and I can’t find it now. • Could you bung those clothes in the washing machine? dump to put something down somewhere in a careless and untidy way: • Don’t just dump all your bags in the kitchen. • People shouldn’t dump rubbish at the side of the street. pop informal to quickly put something somewhere, usually for a short time: • Pop it in the microwave for a minute. thrust literary to put something somewhere suddenly or forcefully: • ‘Hide it,’ he said, thrusting the watch into her hand. to put something into a liquid dip to put something into a liquid for a very short time and take it out again: • She dipped her hand in the water to see how hot it was. • Prawns are delicious dipped in a spicy sauce. plunge to put something quickly, firmly, and deeply into a liquid: • Plunge the pasta into a pan of boiling water. • I had to plunge my arm in up to the elbow to reach the keys. dunk to put something such as a piece of bread or cake into a hot drink or soup before eating it: • I love biscuits dunked in coffee. immerse to put something deep into a liquid so that it is completely covered: • If the plant’s leaves look dry, immerse the roots in water for a while.
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put sth towards sth to use an amount of money to pay part of the cost of something • My grandma gave me some money to put towards a new coat.
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put sth aside [ M ] SAVE 1. to save something, usually time or money, for a special purpose • I put aside a little every month for a deposit on a house. • He tries to put some time aside every evening to read to the kids.
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put sth down PAY 2. to pay part of the cost and promise to pay the rest later • I've put a deposit down on a new car.
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put sth back [ M ] CLOCK 4. to change a clock or watch to make it show an earlier time, for example because you are now in a part of the world where the time is different
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put sb up [ M ] to provide someone with a place to stay temporarily • Sally is putting me up for the weekend.
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put sb on mainly US informal to try to deceive someone into believing something that is not true • She said she was planning to give her house to a charity for the homeless but I thought she was putting me on.
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put sth aside [ M ] IGNORE 2. If you put a disagreement or problem aside, you ignore it temporarily so that it does not prevent you doing what you want to do • Let's put our differences aside and make a fresh start. • Can we put that question aside for now, and come back to it later?
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put in for sth to make an official request to have or do something • I'm putting in for a job at the hospital. • Richard's finally put in for his driving test.
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put sth up [ M ] MONEY 5. to provide or lend an amount of money for a particular purpose • The money for the new hospital was put up by an anonymous donor. • His brother has agreed to put up bail for him.
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put sth down [ M ] PRICE 3. UK ( UK and US bring sth down ) to reduce a price or a charge • Shops are being forced to put their prices down in order to attract customers. • It's time that the government put down interest rates.
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put sth/sb up [ M ] to suggest an idea, or to make a person available, to be considered • It was Bob who originally put up the idea of the exhibition. • Each party is allowed to put up one candidate. • William has been put up as a candidate for the committee. • Is Chris willing to be put up for election?
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put sth out INJURE 2. informal to injure part of your body by causing it to be moved out of its correct position • He put his knee out playing football.
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put sb down for sth to make a record that someone has promised to pay a particular sum of money as part of a collection to help people in need • Put me down for a £10 donation, and you can put my husband down for the same.
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put sth out MAKE WRONG 5. [ M ] If a mistake puts out a set of mathematical calculations, it causes them to be wrong • That one error put the figures out by several thousand pounds.
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put sb down BABY 2. to place and make a baby comfortable in the place where it sleeps • I'd just put Jack down for his nap.
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put sth out [ M ] LIGHT 1. to make a light stop shining by pressing a switch
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put up with sth/sb to accept or continue to accept an unpleasant situation or experience, or someone who behaves unpleasantly • I can put up with the house being untidy, but I hate it if it's not clean. • He's so moody - I don't know why she puts up with him. • They have a lot to put up with (= They have a lot of difficulties).
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put sth out MOVE FORWARD 1. [ M ] to move forward part of your body, such as your hand or your tongue, from your body • She put out her hand to shake mine. • Don't put your tongue out - it's rude.
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put sb off (sth) to take someone's attention away from what they want to be doing or should be doing • Once she's made up her mind to do something, nothing will put her off. • Could you be quiet please - I'm trying to concentrate and you're putting me off. • The sudden flash of the camera put the players off their game.
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put sb away [ M ] 2. slang to send someone to prison • After what he did, he deserves to be put away for life.
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put sth/sb down NAME 2. to write someone's name on a list or document, usually in order to include them in an event or activity • Do you want me to put you down for the trip to London? • [ R ]: I've put myself down for the office football team. • If you want to get your children into that school, you have to put their names down at birth.
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put sth back [ M ] REPLACE 1. to return an object to where it was before it was moved • Will you put the books back when you've finished with them?
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put sth over/across [ M ] to express an idea clearly so that people understand it • Did you feel that you managed to put over your point of view? • She's not very good at putting across her ideas.
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put sth up [ M ] FIX 3. to fix an object to a vertical surface • We've put up some new curtains in the living room. • Posters advertising the concert have been put up all over the town.
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put sth down [ M ] KILL 1. to kill an animal that is old, ill or injured, to prevent it from suffering • If a horse breaks its leg, it usually has to be put down.
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put sth on [ M ] COVER BODY 2. to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up or something similar • Put your shoes on - we're going out. • He put on his jacket. • She puts face cream on every night.
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put sth up [ M ] MONEY 4. mainly UK to increase the price or value of something • I see they've put up the price of fuel again.
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put sth back [ M ] DELAY 2. UK to delay a planned event • We had to put the meeting back a week.
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put sth out MAKE AVAILABLE 4. [ M ] to produce information and make it available for everyone to read or hear • Police have put out a warning to people living in the area.
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put sth behind you If you put an unpleasant experience behind you, you stop thinking about it, so that it does not affect your life • Like any divorce, it was a painful business but I've put it all behind me now.
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put sth back [ M ] DRINK 3. mainly UK informal to drink something quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol • He regularly puts back six pints a night - I don't know how he does it.
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put sth across [ M ] to express your ideas and opinions clearly so that people understand them easily • It's an interesting idea and I thought he put it across well.
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put sth at sth to guess or roughly calculate that something will cost a particular amount, or that something is a particular size, number or amount • The value of the painting has been put at £1 million. • I'd put her at (= guess that her age is) about 35.
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put sb off (sth/sb) to make someone dislike something or someone, or to discourage someone from doing something • The smell of hospitals always puts me off. • You have to work long hours and that puts off a lot of people. • His attitude put me right off him. • [ + -ing verb ]: Personally, I didn't enjoy the film, but don't let that put you off going.
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put sb down INSULT 1. [ M ] informal to make someone feel silly or not important by criticizing them • Why did you have to put me down in front of everybody like that?
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put (sth) down (somewhere) [ M ] When an aircraft puts down, it lands, and when pilots put down their aircraft, they land • She put down safely in the corner of the airfield.
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put sb through sth EDUCATION 2. to pay for someone to study at school, college or university • It's costing them a lot of money to put their children through school. • [ R ]: She's putting herself through college.
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put sth together [ M ] 2. to prepare a piece of work by collecting several ideas and suggestions and organizing them • The management are putting together a plan/proposal/package to rescue the company. • It takes about three weeks to put the magazine together.
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put sth before sb TELL 2. to formally tell or explain facts or ideas to a group of people in authority • We've got to put our proposal before the committee.
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put sth on [ M ] WEIGHT 5. If people or animals put weight on, they become heavier • I'd expected to put weight on when I gave up smoking, but I didn't. • He's put on 10 pounds in the last month.
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put sb out 1. [ M ] to cause trouble or extra work for someone • Would it put you out if we came tomorrow instead of today?
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put up mainly UK to stay somewhere for the night • We put up at a small hotel for the night.
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put (sth) in [ M ] to say something which adds to or interrupts what is already being said • [ + speech ]: "But She's rather inexperienced for the job, " put in Jane.
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put sth about/around [ M ] informal to tell a lot of people something that is not true • [ + that ]: I'd like to know who put the rumour around that I'm pregnant. • Someone's been putting it about that Dan is leaving.
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put sth on [ M ] PRODUCE 4. mainly UK to produce or provide something, especially for the good of other people or for a special purpose • She put on a wonderful meal for us. • They've put on a late-night bus service for students.
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put sth across/over sb informal to cause a piece of false information to be believed by one or more people • You didn't manage to put that story over on the tax people, did you?
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In addition to the idioms beginning with PUT, Also see (PUT) AT EASE; (PUT ON A) BRAVE FACE; CART BEFORE THE HORSE, PUT; CLAMP DOWN (PUT THE CLAMPS ON); FLESH OUT (PUT FLESH AND BONE ON); FOR (PUT IN ONE'S) TWO CENTS; (PUT ON A) HAIR SHIRT; HARD PUT; (PUT) IN EFFECT; (PUT) IN THE PICTURE; LAY (PUT) ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE; LAY (PUT) ONE'S HANDS ON; LAY (PUT) THE BLAME ON; (PUT SOMEONE'S) NOSE OUT OF JOINT; NOT PUT SOMETHING PAST SOMEONE; (PUT) OFF THE TRACK; (PUT) ON A PEDESTAL; (PUT) OUT OF BUSINESS; PULL (PUT OVER) A FAST ONE; PUT ONE'S HEAD ON THE BLOCK; THROW (PUT) OFF THE SCENT. Also see under SET.
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put sb up to sth to encourage someone to do something, usually something wrong • I think he was put up to it by his friends.
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put up sth to show or express a particular type of opposition to something • The villagers were unable to put up any resistance to the invading troops. • We're not going to let them build a road here without putting up a fight.
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put adverbs well • Sorry, I’m not putting it very well. simply • Put simply, our aim is to create art. succinctly (= using only a few words ) • A Russian economist put it most succinctly: ‘People do not care about carbon.’ mildly (= in a way that is not extreme ) • His theory is controversial, to put it mildly. bluntly/crudely/plainly (= in a direct way that may offend people ) • I would put it more bluntly. I think you are wallowing in self-pity. delicately (= in a way that will not offend people ) • He had been drunk, or as Hilton delicately put it, ‘talkative’. cleverly • I didn't agree with her, but she put her argument so cleverly that I was almost persuaded. phrases put something another way • The dress was too small for me, or, to put it another way, I was too big for it. put something this/that way • Let me put it this way - she's not as young as she was. put something like that/this • ‘He's been completely irresponsible.’ ‘I wouldn’t put it quite like that.’ put something into words (= say what you are feeling or thinking ) • She couldn’t put her feelings into words. how shall I/we put it? (= used before saying something in an indirect or polite way ) • Mr Lewis is now – how shall we put it? – hardly the influence he once was. put 2 nouns put forward a proposal/suggestion • She put forward a compromise proposal. put forward a plan/scheme • Both parties have put forward plans for political reform. put forward an idea • In 1829 he put forward the idea that the Earth is contracting. put forward a theory/hypothesis • Many theories have been put forward as to the building’s original purpose. put forward a view • We should encourage individuals to put forward their views. put forward an argument • He rejected the arguments put forward by the company’s lawyers. put forward a reason/explanation • A variety of reasons have been put forward to explain these changes.
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put sth out MAKE AVAILABLE 3. [ M ] to produce something in large quantities, so that it can be sold • They put out millions of pairs of shoes a year.
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verb place: Put the book on the table.
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put sth to sb 1. to suggest an idea or plan to someone so that they can consider it or discuss it • "Shall we all go out for a pizza tonight?" "I don't know. I'll put it to Jim and see what he says." • [ + that ]: formal I put it to you (= I believe it to be true) , Ms Dawson, that you were in the building at the time of the murder.
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put sth/sb forward [ M ] ( US put sth/sb forth ) to state an idea or opinion, or to suggest a plan or person, for other people to consider • The proposals that you have put forward deserve serious consideration. • I wasn't convinced by any of the arguments that he put forward. • Many suggestions have been put forward, but a decision is unlikely until after next year's general election. • The peace plan put forward last August has been revived for the latest round of negotiations. • [ R ]: She has decided to put her name /put her self forward as a candidate.
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put sth to sb 2. to ask someone a question • I have a question I want to put to you.
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put sth down TELEPHONE 1. If you put the telephone down, you place the receiver back in the position you keep it in when it is not being used.
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put sb out 2. [ M usually passive ] to annoy or upset someone, often by what you do or say to them • She was rather put out when they turned up two hours late for dinner. • He seemed a bit put out at not having been invited.
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put sb through sth BAD EXPERIENCE 1. to make someone experience something unpleasant or difficult • I'm sorry to put you through this ordeal.
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put sth up [ M ] BUILD 2. to build something • They're planning to put a hotel up where the museum used to be. • We're going to put up a new fence around our garden.
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verb ADV. cleverly, well I thought you put your points very well. | badly | tactfully | bluntly, crudely | simply, succinctly Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt. | mildly (ironic) I was, to put it mildly, annoyed (= I was extremely angry). PHRASES to put it another way He was too trusting?or, to put it another way, he had no head for business.
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put sb onto sth to introduce a person to something or someone that could bring them an advantage • David put me onto a wonderful vegetarian cookery book. • Can you put me onto (= tell me where to find) a good dentist?
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put sth before sb IMPORTANCE 1. to give more attention to one thing than another because you think it is more important • I'd never put my work before my family.
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put sth forward [ M ] to change a clock or watch to make it show a later time, especially an hour later • Most European countries put the clocks forward in the spring.
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put sth out [ M ] STOP BURNING 2. to make something that is burning, such as a fire or cigarette, stop burning • Firefighters have been called to put out the fire in the city centre. • Would you mind putting your cigarette out, please?
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put sth/sb down STOP HOLDING 1. [ M ] to put an object that you are holding onto the floor or onto another surface, or to stop carrying someone • I put my bags down while we spoke. • Put me down, Daddy!
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put sth off [ M ] to decide or arrange to delay an event or activity until a later time or date • The meeting has been put off for a week. • [ + -ing verb ]: I can't put off going to the dentist any longer.
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put sth together [ M ] 1. to put the parts of something in the correct places and join them to each other • Model aeroplanes come in pieces which you have to put together.
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put sb down somewhere [ M ] UK slightly old-fashioned to stop a vehicle and allow someone to get out of it or off it • Ask the taxi driver to put you down outside the church.
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put sb off [ M ] to tell someone that you cannot see them or do something for them, or stop them from doing something, until a later time • I really don't want to go out with Helen and Greg tonight - can't we put them off ? • He keeps asking me out, and I keep putting him off.
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