1.
If you put in an amount of time or effort doing something, you spend that time or effort doing it.
They’ve put in time and effort to keep the strike going...
If we don’t put money in we will lose our investment.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V n P
2.
If you put in a request or put in for something, you formally request or apply for that thing.
The ministry ordered 113 of these and later put in a request for 21 more...
I decided to put in for a job as deputy secretary.
PHRASAL VERB : V P n (not pron) , V P for n
3.
If you put in a remark, you interrupt someone or add to what they have said with the remark.
‘He was a lawyer before that,’ Mary Ann put in...
PHRASAL VERB : V P with quote
4.
When a ship puts in or puts into a port, it goes into the port for a short stop.
It’s due to put in at Aden and some other ports before arriving in Basra...
PHRASAL VERB : V P adv / prep