Advanced (CEF level: C1

PHRASALVERBS TO PUT

The verb “to put” has many different uses. However, we generally use this verb in reference to placing something somewhere. For example, “She put her feet on the table.” Now let’s look at some phrasal verbs with the verb “to put”.

Put aside (money) To save money for an emergency/a rainy day, etc. Put someone down To humiliate someone; to criticise someone.

Put off (an event) To have a match/game/event at a later date; to postpone an event.

Put on (weight) To become fatter/heavier. Put off (your appetite) If a certain type of food or smell “puts you off” the food you are eating, that smell makes you lose your appetite, or it makes you feel sick.

Put through (on the telephone) To put someone in contact with another person while they are speaking on the phone