Examples: Put your things here Set the tray down Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children Place emphasis on a certain point
Examples: That song put me in awful good humor put your ideas in writing
Examples: I wouldn't put it that way She cast her request in very polite language
Examples: She put too much emphasis on her the last statement He put all his efforts into this job The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
Examples: Put money into bonds
Examples: We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
Examples: He put her to the torture
Examples: put these words to music
Examples: arrange my schedule set up one's life I put these memories with those of bygone times
put (English)├── pute (Old French (842-ca. 1400))└── putten (Middle English (1100-1500))
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