putsomethingin/putsomethingintosomething
phrasal verbwithputverbuk/pʊt/us/pʊt/present participleputting|past tense and past participleput
tospenda lot oftimeoreffortdoing something:
You'veobviouslyput a lot ofworkinonyourgarden.
If I put in someextrahours(=spendsomeextrahoursworking)today, I can have sometimeofftomorrow.
We've put a lot oftimeandeffortinto makingthehouselooknice.
- You'll have to put moreeffortin if youwanttoimprove.
- We've all put a lot oftimeinto thisprojectand wewantit tosucceed.
Effort and expending energy
- assiduity
- assiduous
- assiduously
- assiduousness
- be running on emptyidiom
- blood
- elbow grease
- fight
- hamster wheel
- hard at itidiom
- heavy lifting
- heroically
- kill
- push
- rearguard action
- set/putyourmind tosomethingidiom
- shot
- slog
- slugger
- strenuous