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To move to or place in a particular position
“I would always put my keys on the dresser out of habit.”
To present for consideration
“Alexia was prepared to put a proposal before the committee to significantly raise the marginal tax rate.”
To issue, establish or apply as a charge, fine or penalty
“The government has decided to put a tax on sugary drinks in an effort to curb obesity.”
To convey or express in a particular way or manner
“You are getting on my nerves, to put it frankly.”
To assign to a given category
“Based on your testimony, I would put you in the category of being deluded.”
To estimate or judge
“I would actually put unemployment at a slightly higher rate than the official figure.”
To allocate or assign to
“The company announced a loss and would put the blame on a number of bad contracts.”
To gamble (money or something else of value) on the outcome of an event
“I think I will put some money on a random horse with a name that tickles my fancy.”
To be placed in an undesirable position or location
“Police may decide to put Jessie in prison for lying to them.”
To make to correspond
“The musician would put the words of the famous poem to the chords of a well-known song.”
To join or unite (one thing to another)
To have put forward one's questions
To change text (as of a book, document, movie) from one language to another
To place or throw something (somewhere) in a haphazard manner
To put aside or into storage, typically as a result of having collected a surplus of
To place or put between or among others
To organize in a particular way
To consider as a single group, often without justification
To apply as a coating
To have imposed an undesirable consequence on
To free from fear or terror
To state a price for goods or a job of work
To offend the modesty or values of
To consume food hungrily or in a gluttonous manner
To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
To spend or invest (a lot of) money
To have set up on a long-term basis
To cause (two or more things) to exchange places
To push, fold, or turn (the edges or ends of something, especially a garment or bedclothes) so as to hide or secure them
To attribute or ascribe
To make a hole
Be in or move into a sloping position
To write one's name as a signature for purposes of identification or authorization
To have considered or estimated to be
To have conveyed in appropriate or telling terms
Bung or place
An act of throwing something
Left somewhere when not in use
Produced by deliberate effort rather than spontaneously; artificial or forced
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