Akademik

put back
verb
1. put something back where it belongs (Freq. 2)
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replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it

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

• Syn: ↑replace
• Hypernyms: ↑put, ↑set, ↑place, ↑pose, ↑position, ↑lay
• Hyponyms: ↑hang up
• Verb Group: ↑supplant, ↑replace, ↑supersede, ↑supervene upon, ↑supercede
• Verb Frames:
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Somebody ——s something

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Somebody ——s something PP

2. cost a certain amount
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My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000

• Syn: ↑set back, ↑knock back
• Hypernyms: ↑cost, ↑be
• Verb Frames:
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Something ——s somebody

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put back [phrasal verb]
put (something) back or put back (something)
1 : to return (something) to the place where it belongs

Remember to put the vacuum cleaner back in the closet after you've used it.

The books had been put back neatly on the shelf.

2 Brit : to change (a planned event) to start at a later date or time

They put back [=pushed back, postponed] the game until next week.

The meeting has been put back from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m.

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Main Entry: ↑put

Useful english dictionary. 2012.