Showing 20 phrasal verbs and 29 definitions related to the verb 'Put'.
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Put across phrasal verb
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Meaning: Communicate, convey a message
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: He found it difficult to PUT ACROSS what he wanted to say at the meeting.
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Meaning: Communicate, convey a message
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Put away phrasal verb
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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. -
Meaning: Put someone in prison
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: The judge PUT him AWAY for ten years for robbery.
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Meaning: Put something back in the correct place
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Put back phrasal verb
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Meaning: Rearrange something for a later time
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The AGM has been PUT BACK until July the seventeenth.
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Meaning: Rearrange something for a later time
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Put by phrasal verb
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Meaning: Save for the future
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I try to PUT some money BY every month towards our summer holiday.
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Meaning: Save for the future
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Put down phrasal verb
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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. -
Meaning: Stop holding (but withdraw support gently)
(Separable [optional] | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
» Example: PUT the gun DOWN slowly and keep your hands where I can see them.
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Meaning: Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc.
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Put down for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Commit to make a payment
(Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
» Example: PUT me DOWN FOR 50p per mile.
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Meaning: Commit to make a payment
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Put down to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Give as an explanation
(Separable [obligatory] | International English | Contributed By: BobK)
» Example: He didn't score many, but we can PUT that DOWN TO inexperience
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Meaning: Give as an explanation
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Put forward phrasal verb
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Meaning: Propose, suggest or nominate
(Separable [optional] | British English)
» Example: She PUT FORWARD a plan to cut costs.
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Meaning: Propose, suggest or nominate
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Put in phrasal verb
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Meaning: Install
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They had to PUT IN a whole new central heating system because the house was so cold.
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Meaning: Install
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Put in for phrasal verb
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Meaning: Make a request
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: He PUT IN FOR a transfer to the new branch.
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Meaning: Make a request
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Put off phrasal verb
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Meaning: Postpone
(Intransitive | International English)
» Example: The concert's been PUT OFF until next month because the singer's got a throat infection. -
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.
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Meaning: Postpone
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Put on phrasal verb
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Meaning: Get fat
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: He's PUT ON a lot of weight since he gave up smoking. -
Meaning: Deceive, lie
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: I am not PUTTING you ON. -
Meaning: Start wearing
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I PUT my coat ON before we went out.
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Meaning: Get fat
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Put out phrasal verb
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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. -
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. -
Meaning: Extinguish a cigarette, fire, etc.
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: He PUT OUT his cigarette before entering the building.
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Meaning: Broadcast
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Put over phrasal verb
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Meaning: Successfully execute (a scam, trick, etc.)
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: They PUT OVER a clever practical joke on us.
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Meaning: Successfully execute (a scam, trick, etc.)
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Put through phrasal verb
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Meaning: Connect someone by phone
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: Could you PUT me THROUGH to extension 259 please.
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Meaning: Connect someone by phone
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Put together phrasal verb
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Meaning: Assemble
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: I PUT TOGETHER the bookcase I bought at Ikea.
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Meaning: Assemble
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Put towards phrasal verb
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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.
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Meaning: Make a financial contribution
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Put up phrasal verb
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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. -
Meaning: Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
(Separable [optional] | International English)
» Example: The government has PUT tuition fees for undergraduate students UP again. -
Meaning: Show skill or determination in a contest, competition, fight, etc
(Inseparable | International English)
» Example: They PUT UP a great fight but lost.
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Meaning: Allow someone to stay at your house for a night or a few days.
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Put up to phrasal verb
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Meaning: Encourage someone to do something
(Separable [obligatory] | International English)
» Example: His friends PUT him UP TO stealing it.
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Meaning: Encourage someone to do something
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Put up with phrasal verb
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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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Meaning: Tolerate