āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
put back
/pËĘt bËak/
to put back
[phrase form: put]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϏā§āĻĨāĻāĻŋāϤ āĻāϰāĻž
to reschedule an appointment or event for a later time or date
Transitive: to put back an appointment or event
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can we put our lunch back by an hour? I have an unexpected errand to run.
āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āϞāĻžāĻā§āĻ āĻāĻ āĻāύā§āĻāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ? āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāĻā§āĨ¤
02
āĻĢāĻŋāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒā§āύāϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāĻž
to return something to its original place or position
Transitive: to put back sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Please put the dishes back in the cabinet when you're done.
āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āώ āĻšāϞ⧠āĻĨāĻžāϞāĻž-āĻŦāĻžāϏāύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāύā§āĻā§ āĻĢā§āϰāϤ āϰāĻžāĻā§āύāĨ¤
03
āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻĻāĻžāĻŽ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to cost a certain amount
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Dining at that upscale restaurant might put us back quite a bit.
āϏā§āĻ āĻ
āĻāĻŋāĻāĻžāϤ āϰā§āϏā§āϤā§āϰāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻžāĻŦāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻĻā§āϰ āĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āĨ¤
04
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāύ⧠āϰāĻžāĻāĻž, āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
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
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I mistakenly set my watch ahead, so I had to put it back ten minutes.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻāĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āϰā§āĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āϤāĻžāĻ āĻāĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻĻāĻļ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
05
āĻĒāĻžāύ āĻāϰāĻž, āĻā§āϞāĻžāύā§
to drink quickly or in large quantities, especially alcohol
Transitive: to put back a drink
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After the long hike, she put a bottle of water back effortlessly.
āĻĻā§āϰā§āĻ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻāϝāĻŧā§āϰ āĻĒāϰ, āϏ⧠āĻ
āύāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāϏ⧠āĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϤāϞ āĻāϞ āĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻĢā§āϞāϞāĨ¤
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