Verb à PUT (1st PART)
Meaning - To explain an idea clearly
Usage - Mr Narendra Modi put across his decision on demonetization to the opposition.
Meaning - keep something for later, ignore temporarily
Usage - You really should put some money aside for your retirement.
Please put our personal grudges aside while coming to the office.
Meaning -
a.) keep something to its usual place
Usage - Tell the kids to put their toys away before bedtime.
b.) Send to prison or a mental hospital
Usage - If you commit a serious crime and get caught, you could be put away for life.
c.) Save money
Usage - You should consider putting some money away for your future each month.
d.) Consume food or drink quickly or in large quantities (informal)
Usage - I went to the party with Nitin last night. He can really put his beer away.
e.) Score a goal (informal)
Usage - Ronaldo skinned the keeper and put it away in the 91st minute.
Meaning -
a.) Postpone
Usage - Tell Mr Anand that the meeting has been put back until next week.
b.) Return something to its original location
Usage - When I finished reading, I put the book back in the drawer.
Meaning -Save money
Usage - I try to put INR 500 by each week to give to charity.
Note - Put aside, Put by and Put away –these three phrasal verbs can be used for single meaning – to save money
Meaning –
a.) Insult, humiliate, criticize
Usage - He never liked her aunt because she always put her down.
b.) Kill an animal or pet because it is old or ill
Usage - The poor dog had to be put down because it couldn’t walk anymore.
c.) Suppress, stop with force
Usage - Armed police have put down another riot in J&K.
d.) Write down, make a note of
Usage - Let’s put some ideas down on paper before we start the meeting.
e.) Make a down payment
Usage - Dharmendra have put down INR 500000 on his car.
f.) Put a baby to bed
Usage - Can you put little Shakshya down tonight?’
Meaning - Book place as
Usage - I put the hotel the classic down for my cousin’s marriage.
Meaning –
a.) Suggest an idea, opinion or candidate
Usage - I’d like to put Anupam Kirtivardhan forward as the new dean for our school.
b.) Change the time on a clock to a later time
Usage - The school children put the clock forward so that the lesson would finish earlier.
Verifying, please be patient.