putsomethingback
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
(REPLACE)
B1
toreturnanobjectto where it was before it wasmoved:
Will you put thebooksback when you'vefinishedwith them?
Giving, bringing or getting back
- bring
- bringsomethingback
- chargeback
- clawsomethingback
- giver
- put
- recovery
- refund
- regain
- regrow
- reintroduce
- reintroduction
- replace
- send
- sendsomethingback
- syndication
- takesomethingback
- turn
- turn in
- turnsomethingover tosomeone
(DELAY)
UK
todelayaplannedevent:
We had to put themeetingback aweek.
Delaying and wasting time
- ado
- busywork
- buy timeidiom
- carry
- carrysomethingover
- dally
- inefficiency
- inefficiently
- kick
- kicksomethinginto the long grassidiom
- kick the can down the roadidiom
- push
- retardation
- setsomeoneback(something)
- shelve
- sit
- sit onsomething
- slow roll
- spin
- stall
(DRINK)
mainlyUKinformal
todrinksomethingquickly,especiallyalargeamountofalcohol:
Heregularlyputs back sixpintsanight- I don'tknowhow he does it.
Drinking alcohol
- abstinence
- abstinence-only
- after hoursidiom
- bar-hop
- barhopping
- drinksomeoneunder the tableidiom
- drinker
- drinking
- drinking game
- drinking-up time
- drown
- hangover
- hatch
- imbibe
- name your poisonidiom
- on the boozeidiom
- out of hoursidiom
- outdrink
- overdrink
- ply
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Drinking
(OF CLOCK)
tochangeaclockorwatchto make it show anearliertime, forexamplebecause you are now in apartof theworldwhere thetimeis different
Adapting and modifying
- acclimate
- acclimation
- acclimatization
- acclimatize
- accommodate
- ambidextrous
- amendment
- chameleon
- change with/keep up with/move with the timesidiom
- configure
- counter-adaptation
- pliancy
- pliant
- pliantly
- putsomething/someoneforward
- reacclimatize
- unadapted
- unamended
- writesomeoneout ofsomething
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