8 PHRASAL VERB To put a particular amount on the cost or value of something means to add that amount to it. □ [V n P n] The proposal could put 3p on a loaf of bread.
9 PHRASAL VERB If you put on a way of behaving, you behave in a way that is not natural to you or that does not express your real feelings. □ [V P n] Stop putting on an act and be yourself. □ [V n P ] It was hard to believe she was ill, she was putting it on.
▸ put out
1 PHRASAL VERB If you put out an announcement or story, you make it known to a lot of people. □ [V P n] The French news agency put out a statement from the Trade Minister. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you put out a fire, candle, or cigarette, you make it stop burning. □ [V P n] Firefighters tried to free the injured and put out the blaze. □ [V n P ] She tried to light a candle but the rain put it out.
3 PHRASAL VERB If you put out an electric light, you make it stop shining by pressing a switch. □ [V P n] He crossed to the bedside table and put out the light. [Also V n P ]
4 PHRASAL VERB If you put out things that will be needed, you place them somewhere ready to be used. □ [V P n] Paula had put out her luggage for the coach. □ [V n P ] I slowly unpacked the teapot and put it out on the table.
5 PHRASAL VERB If you put out your hand, you move it forward, away from your body. □ [V P n] He put out his hand to Alfred. □ [V n P ] She put her hand out and tried to touch her mother's arm.
6 PHRASAL VERB If you put someone out , you cause them trouble because they have to do something for you. □ [V n P ] I've always put myself out for others and I'm not doing it any more.
7 PHRASAL VERB In a sporting competition, to put out a player or team means to defeat them so that they are no longer in the competition. □ [V P n] The Spaniard was put out in three sets. □ [V n P + of ] …the debatable goal that put them out of the UEFA Cup. [Also V n P ]
8 → see also put out
▸ put over → see put across
▸ put round → see put about
▸ put through
1 PHRASAL VERB When someone puts through someone who is making a phone call, they make the connection that allows the phone call to take place. □ [V n P ] The operator will put you through. □ [be V -ed P + to ] He asked to be put through to Charley Lunn. [Also V P n]
2 PHRASAL VERB If someone puts you through an unpleasant experience, they make you experience it. □ [V n P n] She wouldn't want to put them through the ordeal of a huge ceremony.
▸ put together
1 PHRASAL VERB If you put something together , you join its different parts to each other so that it can be used. □ [V n P ] He took it apart brick by brick, and put it back together again. □ [V P n] The factories no longer relied upon a mechanic to put together looms within the plant.
2 PHRASAL VERB If you put together a group of people or things, you form them into a team or collection. □ [V P n] It will be able to put together a governing coalition. □ [V n P ] He is trying to put a team together for next season.
3 PHRASAL VERB If you put together an agreement, plan, or product, you design and create it. □ [V P n] We wouldn't have time to put together an agreement. □ [V n P ] We got to work on putting the book together.
▸ put up
1 PHRASAL VERB If people put up a wall, building, tent, or other structure, they construct it so that it is upright. □ [V P n] Protesters have been putting up barricades across a number of major intersections. [Also V n P ]
2 PHRASAL VERB If you put up a poster or notice, you fix it to a wall or board. □ [V n P ] They're putting new street signs up. □ [V P n] The teacher training college put up a plaque to the college's founder.
3 PHRASAL VERB To put up resistance to something means to resist it. □ [V P n] In the end they surrendered without putting up any resistance. □ [V P n] He'd put up a real fight to keep you there.
4 PHRASAL VERB If you put up money for something, you provide the money that is needed to pay for it. □ [V P n] The state agreed to put up $69,000 to start his company. □ [V n P ] The merchant banks raise capital for industry. They don't actually put it up themselves.
5 PHRASAL VERB To put up the price of something means to cause it to increase. □ [V P n] Their friends suggested they should put up their prices. □ [V n P ] They know he would put their taxes up.
6 PHRASAL VERB If a person or hotel puts you up or if you put up somewhere, you stay there for one or more nights. □ [V n P ] I wanted to know if she could put me up for a few days. □ [V P prep] He decided that he would drive back to town instead of putting up for the night at the hotel.
7 PHRASAL VERB If a political party puts up a candidate in an election or if the candidate puts up , the candidate takes part in the election. □ [V P n] The new party is putting up 15 candidates for 22 seats. □ [V P + as ] He put up as a candidate.
▸ put up for PHRASAL VERB If you put something up for sale or auction, for example, you make it available to be sold or auctioned. □ [V n P P n] The old flower and fruit market has been put up for sale. □ [V P n P n] She put up her daughter for adoption in 1967.
▸ put up to PHRASAL VERB If you put someone up to something wrong or foolish or something which they would not normally do, you suggest that they do it and you encourage them to do it. □ [V n P P n] How do you know he asked me out? You put him up to it.