put back

P p

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [poo t bak]
- /pʊt bæk/
- /ˈpʊt bæk/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poo t bak]
- /pʊt bæk/

Definitions of put back words

transitivephrasal verb put back postpone 1
transitivephrasal verb put back replace, tidy away 1
phrasal verb put back To put something back means to delay it or arrange for it to happen later than you previously planned. 0
verb put back to return to its former place 0
verb put back to move to a later time or date 0
verb put back to delay or impede the progress of 0

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Parts of speech for Put back

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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put back popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

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Synonyms for put back

verb put back

carry back — to apply (a legally permitted credit, esp an operating loss) to the taxable income of previous years in order to ease the overall tax burden
cool it — If you tell someone to cool it, you want them to stop being angry and aggressive and to behave more calmly.
drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
hang fire — a state, process, or instance of combustion in which fuel or other material is ignited and combined with oxygen, giving off light, heat, and flame.
hold off — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.

adjective put back

delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.

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