📒 to move something into a particular place or position
- Put the cases down there, please.
- Did you put sugar in my coffee?
- Put your hand up if you need more paper.
📒 to move something into a particular place or position using force
- He put his fist through a glass door.
📒 to cause somebody/something to go to a particular place
- Her family put her into a nursing home.
- It was the year the Americans put a man on the moon.
📒 to attach or fix something to something else
- We had to put new locks on all the doors.
- We're not allowed to put posters on the walls.
- Can you help me put the roof rack on the car?
📒 to write something or make a mark on something
- Put your name here.
- Friday at 11? I'll put it in my diary.
- I couldn't read what she had put.
📒 to bring somebody/something into the state or condition mentioned
- I was put in charge of the office.
- The incident put her in a bad mood.
- Put yourself in my position. What would you have done?
📒 to make somebody/something feel something or be affected by something
- Her new job has put a great strain on her.
- They put pressure on her to resign.
- It's time you put a stop to this childish behaviour.
📒 to express or state something in a particular way
- She put it very tactfully.
- Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
- Simply put, the film is a masterpiece.
📒 to give or attach a particular level of importance, trust, value, etc. to something
- Our company puts the emphasis on quality.
- He put a limit on the amount we could spend.
📒 to consider somebody/something to belong to the class or level mentioned
- I'd put her in the top rank of modern novelists.
📒 to throw the shot
📒 used to say that you think somebody is capable of doing something wrong, illegal, etc.
📒 to have many sexual partners
📒 to suggest something to somebody to see if they can argue against it
- I put it to you that you are the only person who had a motive for the crime.
📒 to persuade somebody to believe something that is not true
- Don't try to put one over on me!
📒 to force somebody to experience something difficult or unpleasant
- They really put me through it (= asked me difficult questions) at the interview.
📒 used when comparing or contrasting somebody/something with a group of other people or things to mean ‘combined’ or ‘in total’
- Your department spent more last year than all the others put together.
📒 used to tell somebody to stop just talking about something and actually do it, show it, etc.