to put
- verb
- /pʊt/
- I hope we still have a country to put back together.
- put pressure on
- put in place
- put into practice
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Watch on YouTubeHe said, how could you put yourself above the kids?
- He said, how could you put yourself above the kids?
- The slave is forced to put desire on hold.
- Debt leverage buyouts put huge debt on the club.
- But you can and have to put the spotlight where it belongs.
- We take our student athletes, we put them under stress.
- This is the unfair burden put on the child.
- It's not going to help them, so why put yourself through it?
- OK, And you put it on me, are you?
- Actually that wish would put you OK.
Examples
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I think that helped, you know, just put him in the right direction.
Academic text (2013) -
By taking a course related to x, I have put myself back on track.
Academic text (2015) -
How do you wind things down and put yourself to bed?
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Now we're gonna put you guys to bed.
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You know, you put me in a pretty tricky situation.
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Any question of innocence has already been put to rest.
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Ratings have gone up half a point since we put her on the show.
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We take our student athletes, we put them under stress.
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Sal's victory puts him in unfamiliar territory.
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Before the exam, she took a deep breath to put herself in a calm state of mind.
Synonyms
To cause something to happen or create a change
Cause a reaction or feeling
Cause a process, event, or feeling to start
Idioms
Show support by giving money or doing something to help
- Informal
To drive or work as fast as possible, often to finish something
- Informal
Make people very afraid and make them respect you by showing power
- Informal
To gain weight and become healthier after being thin or sick
- Formal
Arrange your personal, money, and legal matters before illness or death
- Informal
To make small changes to something bad so it looks better without fixing the real problem
Try to make things the way they were after they changed
Imagine being in the other person's place to understand them better
- Informal
Tell someone about an idea so they will think about it later
- Informal
To work as hard as you can, often more than expected
Make a very good impression when you meet someone or start something new
Imagine being in another person's situation to understand their feelings
- Offensive
To yell at or threaten someone to make them try harder
To support your words by giving money or doing work
Phrasal Verbs
To stop someone's suffering or worry, sometimes by ending their life
To send someone to a hospital for treatment because of illness or injury
- Informal
Force someone to answer or act without time to prepare when they feel uncomfortable
To help someone see how important something really is by comparing it with other things or giving background
- Informal
To start living in one place for a long time and make it your home
To delay dealing with something until later and make it less important
Compounds
- Specialized
A contract that gives you the choice to sell an investment at a fixed price within a set time
How Strongly
Surface Forms
Etymology
Put comes from an old English word for 'place', and people used that image to mean 'place someone into a state'. So when you 'put' someone at ease, you are 'placing' them into a calm condition.