mark on sth ( &••• t ) iB, fiftfoiB: Put your

name here. 0 Friday at 11? Ill put it

in my diary. SfWA 11 ,£? ^fE'&iB*iB<f ASo o I couldn’t read what she had put. M W W# A Sc I# iA A

► INTO STATE/CONDiTION A ; M 6 [+adv./prep.] to

bring sb/sth into the state or condition mentioned {<£#!: A ( ffi ) : I was put in charge of the office.

IMlitSslI wlf 0 The incident put her in

a bad mood. & # # # # MA Iffit A ₀ o Put yourself in my position. What would you have done?

AjSc^lLtl, AtA 0 I tried to put the matter into

perspective, ft it IE if ft Ik A |r] JH ₀ o Don’t go putting yourself at risk, A Rf It # & MPi ₀ 0 It was

time to put their suggestion into practice. gPBtffciUBjtfe f] W3ft bS #t# % M 7 o 0 This new injury will put him out of action for several weeks. j&?AWfr$5#f£itfe/lj§iA: *fcSS&3*o

► AFFECT SB/STH B Bfa M K l & A ® 7 [+adv./prep.] ~ sth

on/onto/to sth to make sb/sth feel sth or be affected by sth J---WS*B|A Her new job has put a

great strain on her. M W If X #{£ Mli ?!J II ffiAII £ ₀ 0 They put pressure on her to resign. iMIftitfcti&MBiJj, ihM i ffS^IRo o It’s time you put a stop to this childish behaviour.

► GIVE VALUE/RANK MX ; JMX 8 ~ sth on sth to give or

attach a particular level of importance, trust, value, etc. to sth *£ A ( fill. fgjf, ) : Our company puts

the emphasis on quality. O He put a

limit on the amount we could spend, fife Sg dJF$i W$!C$io 9 [+adv./prep.] to consider sb/sth to belong to the class or level mentioned JE -flAl ( WLMJl ) : I’d put her in the top rank of modem novelists. SHAAlMlS

► EXPRESS 10 [+adv./prep.] to express or state sth in a

particular way ift; She put it very tactfully. MW

0 Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt. M£jffeM, W'a

₀ o I was, to put it mildly, annoyed (= I was extremely angry), £JL, Sc+0 ^ 1$ A„ 0 He was

too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business. jtfeA$5fsA7 —— ftfe'&W®

0 The meat was— how shall I put it? —a little

overdone.

T.S. Eliot puts it ... jE$P T. S. i# -- <> She had

never tried to put this feeling into words. M/AA^® fE 0 Can you help me put this letter into good English, please? if

► IN SPORT A ft in Ui 11 to throw the shot f| ( )

ifR7i1 Most idioms containing put are at the entries for the nouns and adjectives in the idioms, for example put your foot in it is at foot. A ^ put W /) iH,

input

your foot in it foot X ₀ put it a'bout (BrE,

informal) to have many sexual partners A; SLfil

^ I wouldn’t put it past sb (to do sth)

(informal) used to say that you think sb is capable of doing sth wrong, illegal, etc. $£#••• ft## ( fgW, life ) put it to sb that ... to suggest sth to sb to see if they can argue against it Af • • • M 90; /t • • • $# ft]: I put it to you that you are the only person who had a motive for the crime. liKMeT, A₀

put one 'over on sb (informal) to persuade sb to believe sth that is not true HH; if Hi: Don’t try to put one over on me! M & M Sc ! put sb 'through it (informal, especially BrE) to force sb to experience sth difficult or unpleasant iff II; it • • • Ml®: They really put me through it (= asked me difficult questions) at the interview. fflis£WHt#l, ftfefilJfjfiSciffH7~#o put to gether used when comparing or contrasting sb/sth with a group of other people or things to mean ‘combined’ or ‘in total’ ( &$E)

ifif, ,&fn, : Your department spent more last

year than all the others put together. AX, #flH ffP l'l W ,PUt up or 'shut up (especially BrE) used to tell sb to stop just talking about sth and actually do it, show it, etc. H A ^ th % fr

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,put sth—about (BrE, informal) to tell a lot of people news, information, etc. that may be false fit

£, Xt# ( A^WifAE^ ) : [+ that] Someone’s been putting it about that you plan to resign. ^Afti mWo

put sth above sth = put sth before sth ,put yourself/sth-^a’cross/'over (to sb) to communicate your ideas, feelings, etc. successfully to sb

$jM (Si®, 1^'lf ^ ) : She’s not very good at putting her views across. M^A#Ai BWKAo ,put sth^-a side 1 to ignore or forget sth, usually a feeling or difference of opinion f!; ASM Sf; iSid H771 disregard : They decided to put aside their differences, fife Ci S jll 2 M A W if „ 2 to save sth or keep it available to use # # ; ^ : We put some

money aside every month for our retirement.

o 0 I put aside half an hour every day to write my diary. 0 iBo

put sb/sth at sth to calculate sb/sth to be a particular age, weight, amount, etc. if; i+jf: The damage to the building is put at over $1 million.

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,put sb—a way [often passive] (informal) to send sb to prison, to a mental hospital, etc. fE^AMAH&M ( gScffi ) put sth—a way 1 to put sth in the place where it is kept because you have finished using it # • • • i|£ ^3; JE • • • tk HI : I’m just going to put the car away

(= in the garage). 2 to save

money to spend later #0jf; _: She has a few thou

sand dollars put away for her retirement. fR T /If/to 3 (informal) to eat or drink large quantities of sth Sife; : He must have

put away a bottle of whisky last night. fife Jin® J—

MMirSo

,put sth—'back 1 to return sth to its usual place or to the place where it was before it was moved # • • • 0:

If you use something, put it back!

! 2 to move sth to a later time or date #£jg; MiS H23 postpone: The meeting has been put back to next week. A Mi To 3 to cause sth to be

delayed M; MM; M : Poor trading figures put

back our plans for expansion. Wf

it ^lJ o 4 to move the hands of a clock so that they show the correct earlier time 0 jg ^ H

ff ) : Remember to put your clocks back tonight (= because the time has officially changed). iEfiAB&fE

put sth before/above sth to treat sth as more important than sth else fE • ■ • HI# tb • • • 3tl?

,put sth be'hind you to try to forget about an unpleasant experience and think about the future fE A

,put sth—'by (especially BrE) (also ,put sth—a side) to save money for a particular purpose MU; fRlf : I’m putting by part of my wages every week to buy a bike.

,put 'down (of an aircraft or its pilot AAM) to

land Wftj: He put down in a field. ftfe^fllA—

ffl Mo ,put sb—'down (informal) to make sb look or feel stupid, especially in front of other people ( ^ & ) ib H.; ih^AilBi — related noun

put-down ,put sth—'down 1 to stop holding sth and place it on a table, shelf, etc. )&T:

Put that knife down before you hurt somebody! fEAJA^C T , #•] 1ft $1A ! o It’s a great book. I couldn’t put it down. &*4$#«7o o (BrE) She

put the phone down on me (= ended the call before I had finished speaking). M ££ T Me W Ell iS ₀ — see also unputdownable 2 to write sth; to make a note of sth SfA; ( ) iBT: The meeting’s on the 22nd. Put

it down in your diary. 0 22 ^-₀ fE'EiB^f^W

iB A A M o 3 to pay part of the cost of sth TiT^; ft : Wie put a 5% deposit down on the house, fk 5% WiT^o 4 to stop sth by force II jE; AaE P^l crush: to put down a rebellion

0 The military government is determined to put down all opposition. Iff #₀ 5 [often

passive] to kill an animal, usually by giving it a drug,