Put forth. (Nuttier.)
- 1. Leave port, put to sea.
- 2. Bud, shoot, germinate, push, vegetate, grow.
Put forward.
- 1. Promote, advance.
- 2. Aid, cause to progress.
- 3. Set.
Put in. (Active.) Introduce, insert, interpose, bring in.
Put in. (Neuter.) Make a harbor, enter a port, conduct into a harbor.
Put in for. Make a claim, offer one’s self for, be a candidate for.
Put in mind. Remind, call to remembrance.
Put in practice. Apply, exercise, make use of.
Put in one’s oar. (Colloq.) Interfere, meddle, intermeddle.
Put off. (Active.)
- 1. Discard, renounce, reject, cast aside, lay aside, divest one’s self of.
- 2. Defeat, frustrate, disappoint, turn aside, baffle.
- 3. Defer, delay, procrastinate, postpone.
- 4. Get rid of, dispose of, pass fraudulently.
Put off. (Neuter.) Leave shore, put to sea, put forth, push from land.
Put-off, n. Shift, evasion, excuse, pretext.
Put on.
- 1. Invest with, clothe.
- 2. Assume, take on.