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: BobK)
   
   » 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: BobK)
   
   » Example: PUT me DOWN FOR 50p per mile.

Put down to

1. 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

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.

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