put

put
verb express
ADVERB
▪ cleverly (BrE), eloquently, well
▪

I thought you put your points very well.

▪ badly
▪ gently, tactfully
▪ bluntly, crudely
▪ simply, succinctly
▪

Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.

▪ mildly (ironic)
▪

I was annoyed, to put it mildly (= I was extremely angry).

PHRASES
▪ to put it another way
▪

He was too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business.

Put is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑win
Put is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ad, ↑advert, ↑advertisement, ↑ban, ↑bet, ↑blame, ↑bomb, ↑bullet, ↑burden, ↑capital, ↑case, ↑ceiling, ↑clip, ↑complexion, ↑confidence, ↑constraint, ↑cost, ↑cross, ↑curb, ↑curse, ↑cursor, ↑dent, ↑embargo, ↑emphasis, ↑end, ↑energy, ↑faith, ↑finger, ↑focus, ↑foot, ↑halt, ↑hand, ↑head, ↑hope, ↑initial, ↑knife, ↑limit, ↑money, ↑moratorium, ↑motion, ↑needle, ↑palm, ↑perspective, ↑point of view, ↑premium, ↑pressure, ↑query, ↑question, ↑question mark, ↑restriction, ↑saving, ↑signature, ↑slant, ↑sparkle, ↑spell, ↑spin, ↑spotlight, ↑squeeze, ↑stamp, ↑stitch, ↑strain, ↑strength, ↑stress, ↑surcharge, ↑tag, ↑tax, ↑time, ↑touch, ↑trust, ↑value, ↑watch, ↑weight

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  • Put — Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • put — pȗt [b] (I)[/b] m <G púta, I pútem/pútom, N mn pútevi/pútovi/púti knjiš., G pútēvā/pútōvā> DEFINICIJA 1. a. utaban i utrt dio zemlje koji služi za prolaženje i kretanje [seoski put; kolni put] b. prostor po kome se ili kroz koji se odvija… …   Hrvatski jezični portal

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