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  • 61put something to sleep — PUT DOWN, destroy. → sleep * * * put something to sleep phrase to give an animal drugs so that it dies quickly without feeling any pain Poor old Spot had to be put to sleep. Thesaurus: treating animals and animal welfarehyponym Main entry: sleep… …

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  • 62put to sea — To begin a voyage • • • Main Entry: ↑put * * * put (out) to sea leave land on a voyage * * * put (out) to sea : to leave a port, harbor, etc., and begin traveling on the sea The ship …

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  • 63put a sock in it — (slang; usu imperative) To become silent, stop talking • • • Main Entry: ↑sock * * * put a sock in it informal phrase used for telling someone in a rude way to be quiet Thesaurus: ways of telling someone to stop talking or to be quiet …

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  • 64put a name to — phrase to remember or say what someone or something is called I had a feeling that I could not quite put a name to. Thesaurus: to name, or to have a particular namesynonym general words for names, and types of namehyponym Main entry: name * * * r …

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  • 65put a price on something — put a price/value/etc on something phrase to make a judgment about the price or amount of something It’s a rare piece of jewellery, but I wouldn’t like to put a value on it. Thesaurus: setting, controlling and changing prices and costshyponym… …

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  • 66put down as — ˌput ˈdown as [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they put down as he/she/it puts down as present participle putting down as past tense put down as …

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  • 67put onto — ˌput ˈonto [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they put onto he/she/it puts onto present participle putting onto past tense …

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  • 68put something through its paces — put someone through their paces/put something through its paces/ phrase to make a person or machine show how good they are at doing something The test drivers put the new models through their paces. Thesaurus: to test something or someonesynonym… …

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  • 69put something to good use — phrase to use something that you have for a sensible purpose that brings a benefit to you Do you promise to put the money to good use? Thesaurus: to use something, or to be usedsynonym Main entry: use * * * put (something) to ( …

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  • 70put something to rights — put/set/something to rights phrase to make something go back to its normal state again We’ll have to put the place to rights before they get back. Thesaurus: to make something bettersynonym Main entry: right * * * …

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