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11 168 Spoken English II Example: She just pushed in the queue in front of me at the super-
market checkout.
Put away = put something back in the correct place
Example: He put the dictionary back on the shelf after he'd fm-
ished the crossword.
Put back = rearrange something for a later time
Example: The AGM has been put back until July the seventeenth.
Putby = savefor thefuture
Example: I try to put some money by every month towards our summer holiday.
Put down = kill an animal because it's old~ ill~ etc.
Example: He had his dog put down because it was in a lot of pain
from its tumours.
Put in = install
Example: They had to put in a whole new central heating system
because the house was so cold.
Putinfor =makea request
Example: He put in for a transfer to the new branch.
P u t o f f = postpone
Example: The concert's been put offuntil next month because the singer's got a throat infection.
Put off = stop liking something or somebody
Example: I was really put off by the way he eats with his mouth
open.
Put on = getfat
Example: He's put on a lot of weight since he gave up smoking. Put out = broadcast