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- Definition
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- put :put into a certain place or abstract location
- Put your things here|Set the tray down|Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children|Place emphasis on a certain point
- put :cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation
- That song put me in awful good humor|put your ideas in writing
- put :formulate in a particular style or language
- I wouldn't put it that way|She cast her request in very polite language
- put :attribute or give
- She put too much emphasis on her the last statement|He put all his efforts into this job|The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story
- put :make an investment
- put :estimate
- We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M.
- put :cause (someone) to undergo something
- He put her to the torture
- put :adapt