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| VERB: | 1. To utter publicly: air, express, state, vent, ventilate. Idioms: come out with. See SHOW, WORDS. 2. To seek an answer to (a question): ask, pose, raise. See ASK. 3. To calculate approximately: approximate, estimate, place, reckon, set1. See PRECISE. 4. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation: bet, gamble, lay1 (down), post2, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal : go. See GAMBLING. 5. To establish and apply as compulsory: assess, exact, impose, levy. See OBLIGATION, OVER, WILLING. 6. To convey in language or words of a particular form: couch, express, formulate, phrase, word. See WORDS. 7. To deposit in a specified place: lay1, place, set1, stick. See PLACE, RISE. 8. To express in another language, while systematically retaining the original sense: construe, render, translate. See WORDS. | | PHRASAL VERB: | put away Informal. To eat completely or entirely: consume, devour, dispatch, eat up. Informal : polish off. See INGESTION. put away Informal. To take the life of (a person or persons) unlawfully: destroy, finish (off), kill1, liquidate, murder, slay. Slang : bump off, do in, knock off, off, rub out, waste, wipe out, zap. See HELP. put by To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay in, lay up, salt away, save (up), set by. See KEEP, SAVE. put down To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN. put forth To put forward (a topic) for discussion: bring up, broach, introduce, moot, raise. See START. put forward To state, as an idea, for consideration: advance, offer, pose, propose, propound, set forth, submit, suggest. See OFFER. put in 1. To ask for employment, acceptance, or admission: apply, petition. See SEEK. 2. Nautical. To come or go into (a place): come in, enter, go in, penetrate. Idioms: gain entrance (or entry) , set foot in. See ENTER. 3. To spend or complete (time), as a prison term: serve. Informal : do. See TIME. 4. To use time in a particular way: pass, spend. See TIME. put off To offer or put into circulation (an inferior or spurious item): fob off, foist, palm off, pass off. See HONEST. put on 1. To behave affectedly or insincerely or take on a false or misleading appearance of: act, counterfeit, dissemble, fake, feign, play-act, pose, pretend, sham, simulate. See HONEST, TRUE. 2. To take on or give a false appearance of: affect2, assume, counterfeit, fake, feign, pretend, sham, simulate. Idioms: make believe. See TRUE. 3. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person: assume, don, get on, pull on, slip into, slip on. See PUT ON. 4. To produce on the stage: act (out), do, dramatize, enact, give, perform, present2, stage. See PERFORMING ARTS. put out 1. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations: aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall2, get, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, rile, ruffle, vex. Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin. See FEELINGS, PAIN. 2. To bring to bear steadily or forcefully: exercise, exert, ply2, throw, wield. See CAUSE. 3. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, extinguish, quench, snuff out. See CONTINUE. 4. To cause inconvenience for: discomfort, discommode, incommode, inconvenience, trouble. See COMFORT. 5. To present for circulation, exhibit, or sale: bring out, issue, publish. See WORDS. put through To bring about and carry to a successful conclusion: bring off, carry out, carry through, effect, effectuate, execute. Informal : swing. See DO. put together To create by forming, combining, or altering materials: assemble, build, construct, fabricate, fashion, forge1, frame, make, manufacture, mold, produce, shape. See MAKE. put up 1. To make or form (a structure): build, construct, erect, raise, rear2. See MAKE. 2. To prepare (food) for storage and future use: can, conserve, preserve. See KEEP. 3. To raise upright: erect, pitch, raise, rear2, set up, upraise, uprear. See HORIZONTAL, RISE. 4. To provide with often temporary lodging: accommodate, bed (down), berth, bestow, billet, board, bunk1, domicile, harbor, house, lodge, quarter, room. See PROTECTION.
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