Advertisement

View definitions for put back

put back

adjective as in replaced

verb as in restore

Strongest matches

Weak matches

Discover More

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

I thought, If she’s right, this really could be the moment when the financial world gets put back into the box from which it escaped in the early 1980s.

Read more on Literature

Many compared the way their own community treats them to being put back in the closet again.

Speaking ahead of his party's annual conference in Aberdeen, Swinney also addressed the case of an eight-year-old girl with a serious condition whose surgery has been put back by 18 months.

Read more on BBC

Downing Street has insisted that the removals will begin "imminently" - although initial plans for a flight to Paris today were put back.

Read more on BBC

Acorns of ancient oaks that have stood for centuries in the area are being collected and grown into young oak trees, then put back where they once stood.

Read more on BBC

Advertisement

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement