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20 English Phrasal Verbs With 'PUT'

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20 phrasal verbs with 'PUT'

Put across

  1. 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

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

Put back

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

Put by

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

Put down

  1. 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. 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

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

Put down to

  1. 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

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

Put in

  1. 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

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

Put off

  1. Postpone
    (Intransitive | International English)
    » Example: The concert's been PUT OFF until next month because the singer's got a throat infection.
  2. 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

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

Put out

  1. 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. 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. Extinguish a cigarette, fire, etc.
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: He PUT OUT his cigarette before entering the building.

Put over

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

Put through

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

Put together

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

Put towards

  1. 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

  1. 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. Increase prices, taxes, duties, etc.
    (Separable [optional] | International English)
    » Example: The government has PUT tuition fees for undergraduate students UP again.
  3. 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

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

Put up with

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

Take our Exercise on 'PUT'

Quiz for Verb: 'To PUT'

Choose the correct definition for each phrasal verb...

'Put away' means...

'Put across' means...

'Put down' means...

'Put in for' means...

'Put away' means...

'Put down to' means...

'Put towards' means...

'Put on' means...

'Put by' means...

'Put up' means...

 

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