Idioms for put
Origin of put
before 1000; Middle English
put(t)en to push, thrust, put, Old English
*putian (as verbal noun
putung an impelling, inciting); akin to
pytan,
potian to push, goad, cognate with Old Norse
pota to thrust, poke
synonym study for put
1.
Put,
place,
lay,
set mean to bring or take an object (or cause it to go) to a certain location or position, there to leave it.
Put is the general word:
to put the dishes on the table; to put one's hair up.
Place is a more formal word, suggesting precision of movement or definiteness of location:
He placed his hand on the Bible.
Lay, meaning originally to cause to lie, and
set, meaning originally to cause to sit, are used particularly to stress the position in which an object is put:
lay usually suggests putting an object rather carefully into a horizontal position:
to lay a pattern out on the floor.
Set usually means to place upright:
to set a child on a horse.
OTHER WORDS FROM put
well-put, adjectiveWORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH put
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British Dictionary definitions for stay put
put
/ (pʊt) /
verb puts, putting or put (mainly tr)
noun
a throw or cast, esp in putting the shot
Also called: put option stock exchange
an option to sell a stated amount of securities at a specified price during a specified limited period
Compare call (def. 58)
Word Origin for put
C12
puten to push; related to Old English
potian to push, Norwegian, Icelandic
pota to poke
Idioms and Phrases with stay put (1 of 2)
stay put
Remain in a fixed or established position, as in I can't get that trellis to stay put, or I'm coming, just stay put till I get there. [First half of 1800s]
Idioms and Phrases with stay put (2 of 2)
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