put back
put
pƊt
poot
back
bÃĻk
bāk
/pˌʊt bˈak/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "put back"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to put back
[phrase form: put]
01

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻ—āĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to reschedule an appointment or event for a later time or date
Transitive: to put back an appointment or event
to put back definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can we put our lunch back by an hour? I have an unexpected errand to run.
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϞāĻžāĻžā§āϚ āĻāĻ• āϘāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ? āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āφāϛ⧇āĨ¤
02

āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒ⧁āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to return something to its original place or position
Transitive: to put back sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please put the dishes back in the cabinet when you're done.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāϞ⧇ āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āĻĢ⧇āϰāϤ āϰāĻžāϖ⧁āύāĨ¤
03

āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to cost a certain amount
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dining at that upscale restaurant might put us back quite a bit.
āϏ⧇āχ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāϜāĻžāϤ āϰ⧇āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧋āϰāĻžāρāϝāĻŧ āĻ–āĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž āφāĻŽāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ–āϰāϚ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
04

āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āύ⧇ āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to adjust a clock or watch to an earlier time, often in response to time changes or corrections
Transitive: to put back a clock or watch
Ditransitive: to put back a clock or watch a specific amount of time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I mistakenly set my watch ahead, so I had to put it back ten minutes.
āφāĻŽāĻŋ āϭ⧁āϞ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϘāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻ—āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϰ⧇āϖ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāχ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāϟ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05

āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϗ⧇āϞāĻžāύ⧋

to drink quickly or in large quantities, especially alcohol
Transitive: to put back a drink
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the long hike, she put a bottle of water back effortlessly.
āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧇ āĻ…āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻ• āĻŦā§‹āϤāϞ āϜāϞ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĢ⧇āϞāϞāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ