Phrasal Verbs With 'Put'

Put across phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Communicate, convey a message
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: He found it difficult to PUT ACROSS what he wanted to say at the meeting.

Put away phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Put something back in the correct place
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He PUT the dictionary BACK on the shelf after he'd finished the crossword.
  2. Meaning: Put someone in prison
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: The judge PUT him AWAY for ten years for robbery.

Put back phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Rearrange something for a later time
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The AGM has been PUT BACK until July the seventeenth.

Put by phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Save for the future
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I try to PUT some money BY every month towards our summer holiday.

Put down phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc.
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: He had his dog PUT DOWN because it was in a lot of pain from its tumours.
  2. Meaning: Stop holding (but withdraw support gently)
    (Separable [optional] | International English | Contributed By: )
    » Example: PUT the gun DOWN slowly and keep your hands where I can see them.

Put down for phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Commit to make a payment
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: )
    » Example: PUT me DOWN FOR 50p per mile.

Put down to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Give as an explanation
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: )
    » Example: He didn't score many, but we can PUT that DOWN TO inexperience

Put forward phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Propose, suggest or nominate
    (Separable [optional] | British English)
    » Example: She PUT FORWARD a plan to cut costs.

Put in phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Install
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They had to PUT IN a whole new central heating system because the house was so cold.

Put in for phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make a request
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: He PUT IN FOR a transfer to the new branch.

Put off phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Postpone
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The concert's been PUT OFF until next month because the singer's got a throat infection.
  2. Meaning: Stop liking something or somebody
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I was really PUT OFF by the way he eats with his mouth open.

Put on phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Get fat
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He's PUT ON a lot of weight since he gave up smoking.
  2. Meaning: Deceive, lie
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: I am not PUTTING you ON.
  3. Meaning: Start wearing
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I PUT my coat ON before we went out.

Put out phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Broadcast
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: Several charities PUT OUT an appeal on TV for money for the victims of the flooding in Mozambique.
  2. Meaning: Disturb or trouble someone
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: Would it be PUTTING you OUT greatly if I asked to change to another day.
  3. Meaning: Extinguish a cigarette, fire, etc.
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He PUT OUT his cigarette before entering the building.

Put over phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Successfully execute (a scam, trick, etc.)
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: They PUT OVER a clever practical joke on us.

Put through phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Connect someone by phone
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: Could you PUT me THROUGH to extension 259 please.

Put together phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Assemble
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: I PUT TOGETHER the bookcase I bought at Ikea.

Put towards phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Make a financial contribution
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: She PUT $250 TOWARDS the cost of the repairs and we had to pay the rest.

Put up phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: She PUT me UP for the night because I'd missed the last bus and there were no night buses running.
  2. Meaning: Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The government has PUT tuition fees for undergraduate students UP again.
  3. Meaning: Show skill or determination in a contest, competition, fight, etc
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: They PUT UP a great fight but lost.

Put up to phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Encourage someone to do something
    (Separable [obligatory] | International English)
    » Example: His friends PUT him UP TO stealing it.

Put up with phrasal verb

  1. Meaning: Tolerate
    (Inseparable | International English)
    » Example: I can't PUT UP WITH my neighbour's noise any longer; it's driving me mad.

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