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Definition of put together - 2 dictionary results
put   (pŏŏt)   
v.   put, put·ting, puts

v.   tr.
  1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.
  2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.
  3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
  4. To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.
  5. To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.
  6. To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.
  7. Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.
  8. Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.
  9. To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.
  10. To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.
  11. To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.
  12. To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.
  13. To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.
  14. To apply: We must put our minds to it.
  15. To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.
v.   intr.
  1. To begin to move, especially in a hurry.
  2. Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.
n.  
  1. Sports An act of putting the shot.
  2. An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.
adj.   Informal
Fixed; stationary: stay put.
Phrasal Verbs:
put about Nautical
To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
put across
  1. To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
  2. To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.
  3. To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
  4. Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
  5. Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
    1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
    2. To bury.
    3. To write down.
    4. To enter in a list.
    5. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
    6. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
    7. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    8. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    9. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    10. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    11. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    12. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    13. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    14. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    15. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    16. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    17. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    18. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    19. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
    1. To write down.
    2. To enter in a list.
    3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
    4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
    5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    10. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    11. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    12. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    13. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    14. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    15. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    16. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    17. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
    1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
    2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
    3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    8. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    9. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    10. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    11. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    12. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    13. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    14. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    15. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
  9. To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
  10. Slang
    1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    6. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    7. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    8. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    9. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    10. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    11. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    12. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    13. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
    1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    3. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    4. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    5. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    6. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    7. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    8. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    9. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    10. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
  12. To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.
  13. To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
  14. To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
  15. To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.
  16. To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
  17. To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
  18. To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
  19. To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
  20. To apply: put in for early retirement.
  21. Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.
    1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
    3. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    4. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    5. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    6. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    7. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    8. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
  23. To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
  24. To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
  25. To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.
  26. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
  27. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
  28. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
  29. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
  30. To add: put on weight.
  31. To produce; perform: put on a variety show.
  32. To extinguish: put out a fire.
  33. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
  34. To expel: put out a drunk.
  35. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
    1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
    3. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    4. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    5. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    6. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
  37. To make an effort.
  38. Baseball To retire a runner.
  39. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.
  40. To postpone; delay.
  41. To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.
  42. To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
  43. To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
    1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
    3. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    4. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
  45. To erect; build.
  46. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
  47. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
  48. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
  49. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
  50. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
  51. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
    1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
Phrasal Verb(s):
put about Nautical To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
put across
  1. To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
  2. To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.
put away
  1. To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
  2. Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
  3. Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
    1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
    2. To bury.
put byTo save for later use: "Some crops were so abundant they could even be put by" (Carole Lalli).
put down
    1. To write down.
    2. To enter in a list.
    3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
    4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
    5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
    2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
    3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
  3. To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
  4. Slang
    1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
    2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
    3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
    4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
    1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
    2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
  6. To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.
put forth
  1. To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
  2. To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
  3. To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.
put forwardTo propose for consideration: put forward a new plan.
put in
  1. To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
  2. To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
  3. To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
  4. To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
  5. To apply: put in for early retirement.
  6. Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.
put off
    1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
    2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
  2. To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
  3. To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
  4. To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.
put on
  1. To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
  2. To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
  3. To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
  4. Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
  5. To add: put on weight.
  6. To produce; perform: put on a variety show.
put out
  1. To extinguish: put out a fire.
  2. Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
  3. To expel: put out a drunk.
  4. To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
    1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
    2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
  6. To make an effort.
  7. Baseball To retire a runner.
  8. Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.
put over
  1. To postpone; delay.
  2. To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.
put through
  1. To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
  2. To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
    1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
    2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
put to Nautical To head for shore.
put togetherTo construct; create: put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.
put up
  1. To erect; build.
  2. To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
  3. To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
  4. To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
  5. To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
  6. Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
  7. To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
    1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
    2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
put uponTo impose on; overburden: He was always being put upon by his friends.

Idiom(s):
put an end/a halt/a stop toTo bring to an end; terminate.

Idiom(s):
put down rootsTo establish a permanent residence in a locale.

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put in an appearanceTo attend a social engagement, especially for a short time.

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put it to (someone) Slang
  1. To overburden with tasks or work.
  2. To put blame on.
  3. To take unfair advantage of.
  4. To lay out the facts of a situation to (another) in a forceful candid manner.
  5. To defeat soundly; trounce.

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put (one) in mindTo remind: You put me in mind of your grandmother.

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put (oneself) outTo make a considerable effort; go to trouble or expense.

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put (one's) finger onTo identify: I can't put my finger on the person in that photograph.

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put (one's) foot downTo take a firm stand.

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put (one's) foot in (one's) mouthTo make a tactless remark.

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put paid to Chiefly British To finish off; put to rest: "We've given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one" (Margaret Atwood).

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put (someone) in (someone's) placeTo lower the dignity of (someone); humble.

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put (someone) through (someone's) pacesTo cause to demonstrate ability or skill; test: The drama coach put her students through their paces before the first performance.

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put (someone) up toTo cause to commit a funny, mischievous, or malicious act: My older brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.

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put something over on:To deceive, cheat, or trick.

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put the arm/bite/squeeze on Slang To ask another for money.

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put the finger on Slang To inform on: The witness put the finger on the killer.

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put the make/moves on Slang To make sexual advances to.

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put the screws to/on Slang To pressure (another) in an extreme manner.

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put the skids on Slang To bring to a halt: "Sacrificing free speech to put the skids on prurient printed matter is not the correct path, the courts said" (Curtis J. Sitomer).

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put to bed Informal
  1. To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).
  2. To make final preparations for completing (a project).

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put to itTo cause extreme difficulty for: We were put to it to finish the book on time.

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put to sleep
  1. To make weary; bore.
  2. To subject to euthanasia.
  3. To subject to general anesthesia.

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put two and two togetherTo draw the proper conclusions from existing evidence or indications.

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put up or shut up Slang To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.

Idiom(s):
put up withTo endure without complaint: We had to put up with the inconvenience.

[Middle English putten, back-formation from Old English *pūtte, past tense of pȳtan, to put out.]
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put together

  1. Build, assemble, create, as in We put together the new bookcase, or This writer can't put together a coherent sentence. [First half of 1500s]

  2. Combine mentally, as in Once she put this and that together she knew exactly what had happened. [First half of 1600s] Also see put our heads together; put two and two together.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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