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PUT BACK
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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:
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...):
Sentence frame:
Something ----s somebody