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PUT BACK

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Put something back where it belongs

Example:

please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them

Synonyms:

put back; replace

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "put back" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

replace; supersede; supervene upon; supplant (take the place or move into the position of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "put back"):

hang up (put a telephone receiver back in its cradle)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something PP

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cost a certain amount

Example:

My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000

Synonyms:

knock back; put back; set back

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "put back" is one way to...):

be; cost (be priced at)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s somebody

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