put back

put back
a) To return something to its original place.

He carefully put the vase back on the shelf.

b) To postpone an arranged event or appointment.

The meeting has been put back to 5.00 pm.


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  • put back — index reconstitute, reinstate, renew (begin again), replace, restore (return) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …   Law dictionary

  • put back — phr verb Put back is used with these nouns as the object: ↑clock, ↑ear, ↑receiver, ↑seat, ↑sparkle …   Collocations dictionary

  • put back on — phr verb Put back on is used with these nouns as the object: ↑top …   Collocations dictionary

  • put back into service — index reinstate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

  • put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put back the clock — or[turn back the clock] {v. phr.} To go back in time; relive the past. * /If I could put back the clock I d give more thought to preparing for a career./ * /Richard wishes that he had lived in frontier days, but he can t turn back the clock./ …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • put back into — phr verb Put back into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑lead …   Collocations dictionary

  • put back — Synonyms and related words: about ship, aggravate, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, beat back, beat off, block, box off, break, bring about, bring back, bring round, brush off, cant, cant round, cast, cast… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • put back — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. bring back, make restitution (for), put in (its) place; see replace 1 , return 2 …   English dictionary for students

  • To put back — Put Put (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i. 1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To steer; to direct one s course; to go. [1913 Webster] His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. Dryden. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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