PUT

verb

COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES

an estimate puts sth at sth

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Independent estimates put the number of refugees at 50,000.

be put to death (= be killed as a punishment for something you have done )

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The rebels were defeated and their leaders put to death.

be (put/placed) on red alert

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All the hospitals are on red alert.

be/put sb on a drip

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At the hospital they put me on a drip.

enrol on a course/put your name down for a course British English (= to arrange to officially join a course )

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How about enrolling on a sailing course?

erect/build/put up barriers

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Some kids have erected emotional barriers that stop them from learning.

go before/be put before parliament (= be considered by parliament )

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The Bill goes before Parliament on November 16.

impose/set/put a ceiling (on sth)

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The government imposed a ceiling on imports of foreign cars.

issue/release/put out a statement (= give a written statement to newspapers, TV etc )

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The Russian Foreign Ministry issued a short statement saying the meeting was ‘useful’.

keep/put sb on their mettle

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This was just his way of keeping me on my mettle.

keep/put sth in a safe place

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Keep your credit cards in a safe place.

lay on/put on entertainment (= organize and provide it )

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The organizers laid on some entertainment for the children.

let/put the cat out (= let it or make it go outside )

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Can you let the cat out?

nominate/put up a candidate (= put forward a candidate )

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Any member may nominate a candidate.

offer/put forward a suggestion

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A few suggestions were put forward.

place/put a burden on sb

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This situation places the main burden of family care on women.

place/put a high value on sth

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Our society places a high value on education.

place/put constraints on sb/sth

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Lack of funding is putting severe constraints on research.

place/put sb under arrest (= arrest someone )

place/put sth on record (= officially say something or write it down )

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I wish to put on record my objection to the scheme.

place/put/lay a bet on sth

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She placed a bet on a horse called Beethoven.

propose/introduce/put forward a resolution

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The resolution was proposed by the chairman of the committee.

propose/put forward/table a motion (= make a proposal )

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I’d like to propose a motion to move the weekly meetings to Thursdays.

put a battery in

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She had put new batteries in the radio.

put a bullet through/in sth

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He threatened to put a bullet through my brain.

put a dent in

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Eight years of effort have hardly put a dent in drug trafficking.

put a halt to sth (= stop something suddenly )

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The news put a halt to our celebrations.

put a key in a lock/the door

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I put the key in the lock, but it wouldn’t turn.

put a limit on sth

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We have to put a limit on the number of participants.

put a perspective on sth

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This new evidence put a whole new perspective on the case.

put a proposition to sb ( also make (sb) a proposition )

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A proposition was put to Owen, and he is considering it.

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I’m going to make you a proposition.

put a question to sb (= ask a question in a formal situation )

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I recently put some of these questions to a psychologist.

put a spell on sb (= make magic affect someone )

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The fairy put a terrible spell on the princess.

put a stop on

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I put a stop on that check to the store.

put a value on sth (= say how much it is worth )

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It’s hard to put a value on something so unusual.

put air into sth (= fill a tyre, balloon etc with air )

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I need to put some air in the tyres.

put an end to sth (= make something end )

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A shoulder injury put an end to his baseball career.

put an estimate on sth (= say the amount that you think something is )

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It is impossible to put an estimate on the value of the manuscript.

put aside

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You must put aside your pride and call her.

put a...spin on

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They tried to put a positive spin on the sales figures.

put down the telephone

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Before he could respond, she’d put down the telephone.

put down/replace the receiver

put effort into (doing) sth (= try hard to do something )

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Let’s try again, only put more effort into it this time.

put emphasis on sth

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We need to put greater emphasis on planning.

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The airline is accused of placing more emphasis on profit than on safety.

put forward/submit a proposal

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They put forward a proposal for a joint research project.

put handcuffs on

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They put handcuffs on the two men and led them away.

put in a bid

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A big property developer has put in a bid for the land.

put in a good word

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Dan put in a good word for you at the meeting.

put in detention

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She was always getting put in detention .

put in overtime (= work overtime )

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To earn enough money, he puts in a lot of overtime.

put in/submit an application

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The company has submitted a planning application.

put in/up a (good/bad etc) performance

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Liverpool put in a marvellous performance in the second half.

put it on...tab

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I’ll put it on your tab and you can pay tomorrow.

put on a CD (= play it )

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She put on her favourite CD and lay on the sofa.

put on a concert ( also stage a concert formal ) (= arrange one )

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The music club puts on regular concerts throughout the year.

put on a nappy (= put a nappy on a baby )

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I put a clean nappy on her half an hour ago.

put on a play (= arrange for it to be performed )

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The school puts on a Nativity play every Christmas.

put on a ventilator

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He was put on a ventilator but died two hours later.

put on a waiting list

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I was then put on a waiting list to see a specialist at the local hospital.

put on alert

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Troops in the vicinity were put on alert .

put on an accent (= deliberately speak with a different accent from your usual one )

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When mum’s on the phone, she puts on a funny accent.

put on an exhibition (= have an exhibition )

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Last summer the museum put on some wonderful exhibitions for children.

put on earrings

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I forgot to put on my new earrings.

put on make-up ( also apply make-up formal )

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Gloria watched her mother put on her make-up.

put on weight ( also gain weight formal )

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He had put on weight since she last saw him.

put on your coat

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Mark stood up and put on his coat.

put on your glasses

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He put on his glasses and read through the instructions.

put on/pull on your gloves

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Eleanor put on her gloves and stood up.

put on/show a front

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Jenny didn’t want Adam to see how worried she was. So she put on a brave front .

put on/take off/remove your cap

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He opened the door, took off his cap, and threw it on a hook.

put our watches forward

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We put our watches forward by 2 hours.

put out a fire ( also extinguish a fire formal ) (= stop a fire burning )

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Firemen successfully extinguished the fire.

put out

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She felt put out that she hadn’t been consulted.

put out/extinguish a blaze

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Staff managed to put out the blaze before firemen arrived.

put out/extinguish the flames (= make them stop burning )

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The firemen successfully put out the flames.

put out/stub out a cigarette (= stop it burning )

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Kit stubbed out her cigarette in the fireplace.

put paint on sth

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Don’t put the paint on too thick.

put poison down (= put it somewhere to kill an animal )

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One way of getting rid of rats or mice is to put poison down.

put poison in sth

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She put poison in his wine.

put pressure on sb

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We’ve decided to set up a campaign to put pressure on the Government.

put sb in contact with sb (= give someone the name, telephone number etc of another person )

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I can put you in contact with a friend of mine in Paris.

put sb in jail

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The government would put him in jail if he stayed in the country.

put sb in prison

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Mentally ill people should not be put in prison.

put sb in the lead (= make someone be in the lead )

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Ronaldo’s goal put Portugal in the lead.

put sb on trial

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They should never have been put on trial, let alone convicted.

put sb to bed (= put a child in their bed )

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I put the baby to bed at 7 o'clock as usual.

put sb to rout (= defeat sb completely )

put sb under pressure (= put a lot of pressure on them )

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They were put under pressure to sign confessions.

put sb/sb’s life in danger

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Firemen put their own lives in danger as part of their job.

put sb/sth forward as a candidate (= suggest someone for election )

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He allowed his name to be put forward as a candidate for governor.

put sb/sth into categories

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People are individuals and you can’t really put them into categories.

put sb/sth on a list

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I was put on a waiting list to see a specialist at the hospital.

put some distance between yourself and sb/sth (= go quite a long way from them )

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He wanted to put some distance between himself and his pursuers.

put some energy into sth

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Try to put more energy into your game.

put sth in a container

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The food is then put in special containers.

put sth in the post (= put it in a box to be collected )

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I put it in the post on Friday, so it should have arrived today.

put sth in your pocket

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I put the £5 note in my pocket.

put sth in/into a pile

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She tidied up the books and put them in neat piles .

put sth in/into context (= consider something in context )

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These statistics need to be put into context.

put sth into action (= start doing something you have planned to do )

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She was looking forward to putting her plans into action.

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The committee uses the expertise of local organisations to put these ideas into action.

put sth into/in perspective (= consider something in a sensible way by comparing it with something else, or to help you do this )

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Let's put this data into perspective.

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I saw their suffering, and it really put my own problems into perspective.

put sth on the agenda

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This incident has put the issue of racism firmly back on the agenda.

put sth on the fire

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Put another log on the fire.

put sth on your card (= pay by credit card )

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I’ll put the restaurant bill on my card.

put sth out to tender British English (= to ask different companies to say how much they will charge for doing a particular job )

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The contract for building the houses will be put out to tender.

put sth to the board (= ask the board to consider something )

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Their proposals were put to the board.

put sth to the/a vote (= decide something by voting )

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Let’s put it to the vote. All those in favor raise your hands.

put sth up for auction (= try to sell something at an auction )

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This week 14 of his paintings were put up for auction.

put the brakes on (= use the brakes )

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Put the brakes on – you’re going too fast.

put the car etc into (first/second/third etc) gear

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He put the car into gear, and they moved slowly forwards.

put the car in the garage

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Dad's just putting the car in the garage.

put the final/finishing touches to sth

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Emma was putting the finishing touches to the cake.

Put the kettle on (= start boiling water in a kettle )

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Put the kettle on , will you?

put the phone down

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I only remembered his name after I had put the phone down.

put the washing out (= hang it on a washing line )

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Could you put the washing out for me?

put through a call (= transfer or make one )

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She asked the switchboard to put the call through.

put to sea (= sail a boat away from land )

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The refugees put to sea in rickety rafts.

put up a building ( also erect a building formal )

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They keep pulling down the old buildings and putting up new ones.

put up a house (= build a house, especially when it seems very quick )

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I think they’ve ruined the village by putting up these new houses.

put up a statue ( also erect a statue formal ) (= put it in a public place )

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They put up a statue of him in the main square.

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They should erect a statue to you for doing that.

put up resistance (= resist someone or something )

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If the rest of us are agreed, I don’t think he’ll put up much resistance.

put up...as collateral

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We put up our home as collateral in order to raise the money to invest in the scheme.

put up/hang curtains (= fix new curtains at a window )

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She was standing on a ladder hanging some new curtains.

put up/increase/raise a price

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Manufacturers have had to put their prices up.

put up...umbrella

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It started to rain, so Tricia stopped to put up her umbrella .

put your affairs in order (= organize them before you go somewhere or die )

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I have cancer so I know I’ve got to put my affairs in order.

put your clothes on

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I told him to get up and put some clothes on.

put your house on the market (= make it available for people to buy )

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They put the house on the market and began looking for an apartment.

put your shoes on

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Put your shoes on and get your coat.

put your socks on

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She sat on the bed beside him, putting on her socks.

put your success down to sth (= say that your success was the result of it )

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They put their success down to their excellent teamwork.

put your watch back (= make it show an earlier time )

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On Saturday night, don’t forget to put your watch back an hour.

put your watch forward (= make it show a later time )

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The passengers were reminded to put their watches forward three hours.

put yourself/your neck on the line (for sb) (= risk something bad happening to you )

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I’ve already put myself on the line for you once, and I’m not going to do it again.

put...ahead

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Two shots from Gardner put the Giants 80–75 ahead .

put/arrange sth in order

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Decide what points you want to talk about, and put them in order.

put...aside

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Could you put this cake aside for me?

put...cross

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I’ve put a cross on the map to mark where our street is.

put...curse on

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He believed that someone had put a curse on the house.

put/get in a plug (for sth)

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During the show she managed to put in a plug for her new book.

put/get your point across (= make people understand it )

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I think we got our point across.

put...hex on

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I think he’s trying to put a hex on me.

put...hood up

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Why don’t you put your hood up if you’re cold?

put...in an awkward position (= made it difficult for her to know what to do )

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Philip’s remarks put her in an awkward position .

put...in the wash

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You’d better put that shirt in the wash .

put...in touch with (= give you their address or phone number so you can talk to them )

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I can put you in touch with a local photography club .

put...interpretation on (= explain )

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It’s difficult to put an accurate interpretation on the survey results.

put...into first

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He put the car into first and roared away.

put/knock sb out of a competition (= defeat someone so that they are no longer in a competition )

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They put us out of the competition in the semi-final last year.

put...on probation

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I’m afraid I have no choice but to put you on probation .

put...on standby

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We can put you on standby .

put...on the market (= offered it for sale )

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They knew it wasn’t a good time to sell their house, but they still put it on the market .

put...on to boil

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She fried the chicken and put the vegetables on to boil .

Put...on

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Put your coat on . It’s freezing outside.

put...on...guard

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Something in his tone put her on her guard .

put...on...walls

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I put some pictures up on the walls .

put...out of contention

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Injury has put him out of contention for the title.

put/pin the blame on sb ( also lay/place the blame on sb written ) (= blame someone, especially when it is not their fault )

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Don’t try to put the blame on me.

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Everyone laid the blame for the crisis on the government.

put/place (a) strain on sb/sth

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Living with my parents put quite a strain on our marriage.

put/place an advertisement in a paper/newspaper

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I tried putting an advertisement for lodgers in the local paper.

put/place obstacles in the way (= try to stop someone from doing something easily )

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Her father put several obstacles in the way of their marriage.

put/place restrictions on sth

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The authorities placed strict restrictions on diamond exports.

put/place sb at a disadvantage (= make someone less likely to be successful than others )

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Not speaking English might put you at a disadvantage.

put/place sb in a dilemma

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His divided loyalties placed him in a dilemma.

put/place sb in a good/awkward etc position

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I'm sorry if I put you in an awkward position.

put/place sb in command

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A third goal put Brazil in command of the game.

put/place sb on high alert

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Troops were put on high alert.

(put/place sb) on probation

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He pleaded guilty and was placed on probation.

put/place sth in jeopardy

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The killings could put the whole peace process in jeopardy.

put/place sth on a ... footing

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He wanted to put their relationship on a permanent footing.

put/place your faith in sb/sth

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The Conservative party put its faith in the free market.

put/place your trust in sb/sth

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You shouldn’t put your trust in a man like that.

put/place/impose a ban

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The government has imposed an outright ban on fox hunting.

put...price tag on (= say how much it costs )

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It’s difficult to put a price tag on such a project .

put/push sth to the back of your mind

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He tried to push these uncomfortable thoughts to the back of his mind.

put...signatures to

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The Ukrainians put their signatures to the Lisbon Protocol.

puts...in...tight spot

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This puts the chairman in a very tight spot .

put/switch/turn the heating on

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Why don't you put the heating on if you're cold?

put...through

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Please hold the line and I’ll put you through .

put/throw sth in the bin ( also chuck sth in the bin informal )

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Shall I put this old bread in the bin?

Put...tick

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Put a tick in the box if you agree with this statement.

putting a gloss on

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The minister was accused of putting a gloss on the government’s poor performance.

putting green

putting up posters

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A team of volunteers were putting up posters .

put/turn the spotlight on sth

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A new report has turned the spotlight on the problem of poverty in the inner cities.

put...up for adoption

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She decided to put the baby up for adoption .

put/wrap your arms around sb

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I put my arms around Bobby and gave him a hug.

raise/put up the rate

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If the banks raise interest rates, this will reduce the demand for credit.

shot put

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an Olympic shot putter

submit/put in a request (= make a formal request )

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The request was first submitted a number of months ago.

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He has put in a request for two weeks' holiday.

suggest/put forward a solution

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The chairman put forward a possible solution.

suppress/crush/put down a rebellion (= end it by force )

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Troops moved in to suppress the rebellion.

suppress/crush/put down a revolt (= end it by force )

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The Russians speedily crushed the revolt.

take/stand for/put up with crap (= to allow someone to treat you badly )

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I’m not going to take any more of this crap!

To put it bluntly

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To put it bluntly , she’s not up to the job.

To put it simply

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To put it simply , the tax cuts mean the average person will be about 3% better off.

COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS

■ ADVERB

aside

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Wives are easily put aside , and the royal princess already looks upon me as a friend.

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Certainly, one ought to put aside for retirement more than Social Security.

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Hayling added to the confusion by taking away applications from blacks, which were put aside for positive consideration.

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There are times when you have to put aside your personal beliefs.

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She had put aside her own longings.

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When Juliette becomes depressed and finally suicidal, Alex and Marie put aside their jealousies to aid the girl.

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She hunted herself, putting aside all those pictures in which she appeared - not as child but as a grown woman.

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You must have the money put aside to cover this necessary start-up investment.

away

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It may be that tougher-looking delinquents are more liable to be put away than fragile looking ones.

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If toys are in there, they get put away .

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The vehicles are put away again, and the now cold and slightly unappetising evening meal is pushed back into the microwave.

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In pre-air-conditioning days, we switched to summer white clothes and put away the area rugs to leave floors bare.

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He had put away his Churchill and was reading a new book.

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The lessons of Gibbon are put away .

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The old sit-up-and-beg bicycle outside the shop is being put away .

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Play resumes and Krajicek puts away easy volley.

down

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When she finally put down the phone, she stared at it for a few seconds longer.

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My name was there, the last put down , across from the number nine.

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Taheb put down her wine, stood up, and crossed towards him.

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They put down sawdust but had insufficient to deal with the flooding to all areas of the factory.

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Either Quinn knew just what he was doing or he was going to provoke the kidnapper into putting down the phone.

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There was a brief exchange of hoots, and the clothed human put down the tray and went out again.

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Do I feel bad, exploited, put down ?

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Blissfully unaware that I had no obligation to sign any agreement, I put down a ten-pound deposit the same afternoon.

forward

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The volume puts forward the case for a new discipline.

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Eventually I shall put forward my own suggestions.

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Many proposals have been put forward over more than 100 years.

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In fact, the 14-member group will put forward a more philosophical statement.

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One influential argument about urban decline has been put forward by Fothergill and Gudgin and their associates.

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Councillors commended the scheme put forward by Tilhill Economic Forestry for its design and consideration for sites of archaeological and scientific interest.

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Herbert Read in his book Education through Art took up the categories of types put forward by Jung.

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Michel Charasse has put forward an amendment which would allow cigarette advertising at the Grand Prix.

in

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Almost every word has been put in for a purpose and needs to be commented upon.

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They put in first at Lemnos, a strange island where only women lived.

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Geldings tend to be much wetter, therefore are better put in well drained stables.

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And I put in all these doors, see?

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Criticised for what actually went into it, now the sausage is singled out for the artificial colouring often put in .

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When they put in for repairs at Genoa and encounter Deronda at the hotel, she hopes to speak with him.

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And what was more, he had put in for a divorce.

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Polyester was too far gone, starting from where we were, and with the limited resources we could put in .

off

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But he has been right in saying that urgent measures have been put off for too long.

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He said that often important maintenance problems are put off until they create urgent problems.

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Even so, many expatriates are put off the offshore industry by its reputation for shady practices.

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Others are put off by the stark social and economic differences between the two communities.

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Stewart Skirving, of the community development project, said the disturbances associated with late-night drinking would put off many tourists.

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They, too, were put off .

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On two or three afternoons of the first week winds may be a little daunting; don't be put off .

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Antonio Cellini would not be put off so easily.

on

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It could be put on and off each day, although with difficulty.

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I shower in lukewarm water and decide on thick white running shorts and matching top which I put on in slow motion.

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The eyebrows and eyelashes were drawn in an then very pale washes were put on , the paint smooth and even.

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The cursed item can not be removed, either, once put on .

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This special afternoon sale will put on offer an album of fifty-eight previously unknown drawings by Henry Fuseli.

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The strong structure we have put on our example allows us easily to derive prices and output per fIrm.

out

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Most of these babies, put out to wet nurses, failed to survive infancy.

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As a result, the Minipod puts out a massive sound stage and places instruments exactly where they should be.

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In response the Society rejected the need to compel local authorities to put out aspects of their legal services to competitive tender.

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Alderman Marzullo puts out a 350-page ad book every year, at one hundred dollars a page.

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Most of the equipment must be locked away in storerooms and sheds at night and put out again every morning.

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They want to engineer products that put out a strong signal with minimal interference.

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She put out her hands on either side, intending to lean back and stretch in the sun.

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He joined a 20-member crew, digging ditches and helping to put out hot spots.

simply

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The mercenary ones simply put up with them and pretend that they love them for what they can get out of them.

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They simply put it out and let the music speak for itself.

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He simply put the letters on Arty's locker and turned away.

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Put simply , cardiac arrhythmia is an irregular heartbeat.

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Put simply , the necessary finance can be made available to you in return for Barclays taking a minority shareholding in your business.

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Put simply the new system had to work.

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Put simply , intellectual property is not an obstacle to access.

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Or, more simply put: Freemen to the east.

together

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Images of this type should be fairly simple, eyecatching and quick to put together .

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At that point, you should meet with management and put together a plan for further education and development.

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Bob Hope was off the scale altogether and Peter O'Toole was worse than the whole lot put together .

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Artistic Director Barbara Oliver has done more than put together a strong cast.

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That is, the human species is capable of experiencing sensations equal in total to those experienced by all other species put together .

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But at home, everything is not neatly packaged and put together , and I do not always feel clear or confident.

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What extra significance is added when different items are put together ?

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For the first time, Alvin and the group could concentrate simply on creating dances and putting together performances.

up

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More than 70,000 shopkeepers have been forced to put up the shutters in the past year.

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The Unitariansthey put up a new one every week on their sign.

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But later - in the morning, when he could put up with the old boy's fussing.

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So he decided to put up the money out of his own pocket.

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A lot of that sarcasm is just bravado, and if I can put up with his teasing, can't you?

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Henry was infamous for his impatience and his refusal to put up with nonsense.

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There is nothing to stop pressure groups putting up candidates at parliamentary elections on specific and limited programmes.

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But former Rangers star Ferguson was having to put up with a torrent of abuse.

■ NOUN

arm

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She put an arm round the girl's waist.

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He sat down beside her, put an arm round her shoulders.

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The cast crowded around him and Gabby put her arms around him unselfconsciously and cried.

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He lay there, feeling very tender and protective, and put an arm rather tentatively around her.

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Pop put his arm around me.

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Wanted to put her arm around her, hug her, what the hell had super-brat been up to now?

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Edward, utterly wretched, put his arms about her and she raised her mouth to his.

back

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He could put green back on the trees, blue back into the sky, purple into the undergrowth.

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A couple of wrong moves in the commodities market put his back against the wall.

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Biddy put her head back and yelled with laughter.

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Here I built a small fire, and putting my back to the rock lit a cigarette.

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He put the photograph back and went upstairs.

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I really put my back into it, you know?

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The Government later backed advice that babies be put on their backs to sleep and not overheated by too many blankets.

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I can't put the clock back .

bed

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If possible, let the floor dry before putting the bed down again.

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Mommy, put the bed in that room.

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Sleep covered me like an eiderdown which some invisible nurse had picked up from the floor and put back on the bed .

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She intended to put her own bed into it.

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I put her to bed and sat there talking to her.

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Both of them were soldiers and both were wounded and put in the same bed .

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She took Annie up and put her to bed , then went to their bedroom to change herself.

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Another comes each evening to put him back in bed .

charge

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How can you get some one who was actively involved in events and put him in charge of the investigation?

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An old Bridgeport pal with no qualifications had been put in charge of the community conservation program.

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Rightwinger John Redwood has been put in charge of the Conservative party's parliamentary campaigns unit.

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The company put new managers in charge .

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He was told to put Gabriel in the charge of his daughter, and led the way.

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Arline: What is: They put John Kromko in charge of it?

effort

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The Profitboss will always investigate the complaint, putting personal time, effort and resource into resolving the issue.

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The men who had put such skill and effort into building Hsu Fu were not going to let the raft be destroyed.

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Instead of putting all her efforts into resisting him, she'd been more concerned about not admitting her love.

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Although listening devices and seismic instruments were put in place, efforts to pinpoint the source of the noise were unsuccessful.

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It either makes you appreciate what you've got and put even more effort in.

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Please help us consistently to put in the effort .

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Humans have managed to learn so much because generations of adults put effort into caring for children.

emphasis

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Nor will managers succeed by putting greater emphasis on planning or simply overlapping various stages in the development process.

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Unveiled last year, Pastrana's plan addresses drug issues, but puts greater emphasis on economic development.

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They put a strong emphasis on drama like we did.

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Wilzcek agreed that the newer, West Coast institutions probably put more emphasis on science than their more traditional East Coast counterparts.

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The Convention traditionally puts an emphasis on evangelism.

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Carter preferred to put the emphasis on the word separately rather than Defense.

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All this put the emphasis on the content and was consequently responsible for the heterogeneous nature of literary studies.

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In the primary grades, teachers put emphasis on language and reading skills.

end

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Thus the event of her puberty puts an end to her pure childhood.

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The general theoretical discussion on concepts and definitions is therefore - perhaps surprisingly - put at the end .

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He could put an end to the suspense any time he chooses.

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Swiftly introduce new legislation to put an end to the trauma and misery suffered by child witnesses in court proceedings.

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I put points on the ends of the pieces.

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That, he decided, would put an end to Irina's career, if not to Irina.

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While happy to appear tired of the Gingrich fight, Clinton has done nothing to put an end to it.

face

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Historians now want to put a face on to the skull.

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They put on happy faces and hearts.

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With the way she had carried on smiling, stifling the grief, putting on her brave face to the world?

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She spent the next 18 months putting a brave face on her illness, with lots of loving support from George.

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Whether in denial or putting on a brave face , the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.

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Perhaps some of them are good at putting on a face , saving the grim reality for private moments.

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I had shut them when I put my face to the screen, like I was scared to look outside.

finger

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But Harriet Shakespeare put a finger on her wrist to stop her.

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He put his finger on them: Gordon Beauchamp, 41, sons Gordy, 16, and Ivan, 10.

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I've put the finger on seven members of the ring since lunch, but the big guy is slippery.

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But Harrison also put his finger on the real problem.

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She put the skull down on the table, took the ring out of her pocket, and put it on her finger .

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She had something too, Sly couldn't put his finger on it.

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The issues may be too delicate to handle or too difficult to put your finger on precisely.

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He put a finger to his lips: Shusssshhh ... then removed the sock from her mouth.

fire

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I refer to people who, as I speak, are sitting at home, unable to put on their electric fires .

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Nothing could put out that fire .

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Always put out an open fire before going to bed.

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They could be people passing buckets of water to put out a fire .

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But if nothing else, the McKenna decider served one purpose - it helped to put additional fire in Derry's bellies.

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Some grunts came up and put out the fire .

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They put it under the fire .

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Fire engines have been sent for, to put out the fire.

foot

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Tammuz had dimmed the lights, put his feet up, and asked the computer to tune in the wall-screen.

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Limitations aside, Tagliabue still has it all over Bud Selig, who puts a foot down only to shuffle obsequiously.

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She didn't answer, just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night.

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He pushed the ottoman over and I put my feet up.

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I put my foot down and the car began to move forward.

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Take off your coat and put your feet up.

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He says it gave him time to put his feet up and relax.

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Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes.

hand

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The girl put out her hand for one; he gave it to her.

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Primo puts his hand on her shoulder.

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She put her hand defiantly on his arm and glared at the ring of faces.

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She put her hands on my head and held them there, willing me to see.

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I put my hands behind my back.

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He put his hands over the back of his head, covering up.

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Athelstan put his hand gingerly into the small, dark space and brought out two rolls of parchment.

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One or two of the women put a hand on Margaret, but she was lost to us then.

head

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Sinking to his knees, the priest put his head in his hands and sobbed.

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When I saw him in court he was crying, and so was I.. He put his head down.

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Dash put his head in his hands, as if in pain.

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Once you put your head above the parapet these people clearly shot at it.

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Norm put his head back with his eyes closed while he smoked.

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The young man or woman sings along with the song again again, putting their head back as they do so.

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I veered off to the curb and put my head back on the seat, like a collapse.

hold

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She also had been able to put her feelings on hold as she concentrated on the problems facing her.

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That plan was put on hold after Rep.

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These projects have been put on hold indefinitely.

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Cold temperatures do not kill bacteria, they just put them on hold .

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All that was put on hold on March 20, 1990.

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We may put advertising on hold for a few months.

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For the second time since they had begun their desperate groping Polly and Jack were forced to put their passion on hold .

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Her own plans had to be put on hold .

idea

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Charles, however, was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice.

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I had put the boyfriend idea on hold for a while.

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The Delacroix date put paid to that idea .

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Buffalo school leaders are now in the process of trying to put the council's ideas into action.

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It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.

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And his thought was very fruitful: fore-shadowing differential and integral calculus, he put forward the useful idea of a limit.

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Instead, he believes he can begin drafting new laws to put his ideas into practice.

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Brouwer first put forward his ideas in 1924, which was more than ten years before the work of Church and Turing.

mind

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He wants to know what happened to put his own mind at rest.

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A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.

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She would pick up the thought and put it outside her mind .

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They put their minds to it.

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It was then that she couldn't put Fen out of her mind .

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He could wake the dead when he put his mind to it.

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He's been very kind to me and Lily, as regards putting our minds at rest about Stella.

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But Cose put my mind at ease in his introduction.

money

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A Victorian theme would attract many people and possibly put money back into council coffers.

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Fernando Chico Pardo, a Carso director, says investors could consider putting money in the as-yet-unnamed holding company.

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The customer dialled the publication he wanted, put in his money , and out came the book.

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I watched as he put the money in his jacket pocket.

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We should have been putting money by for a rainy day because that rainy day came.

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Many words are lavished on the need for workers to put money into retirement accounts.

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The investor decides on the currency most likely to appreciate against sterling and puts money on deposit in that currency.

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To put some big money back into the heavyweight-fight game, Sultan goes looking for a white contender.

mouth

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The researchers had given me an electric thermometer, a stalk of red plastic, to put in my mouth .

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Stop trying to put words into my mouth .

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He cut a plug from it, put it in his mouth , wrapped the meat, and took off his glasses.

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He should not put words in my mouth , however, or make false assumptions.

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Luckily, I discovered it before I put it into my mouth .

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His eyelids flickered and he put his sour unshaven mouth to hers.

name

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Emilio recognized the smell instantly but it was a moment before he could put a name to it.

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It was the first time in more than five years that he had put his own name in one of his notebooks.

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Consumers will be able to put their names on a register of people who don't want to receive sales calls.

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The money given the city by 3Com to put its name on the park is part of that project.

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Now he would have to return the money he had been given to put names forward for the vacancies.

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First, can we talk about the structure without putting names in the boxes?

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If so I'd like to put my name down for West Ham's lot, they're a bit tasty.

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We hope to put his name and his work back where people can see them for the first time.

paper

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Bob put down his papers at last, and sat looking towards the window.

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Floyd obeyed, and put away his papers .

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Then put it on paper in the evening.

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He put down the paper and watched the beads of rain race down the glass, one into another, ceaselessly.

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Island in the Sun James Conway put away his business papers and sat back in his seat.

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Then he tidies his desk, puts his papers in order, and locks up the office.

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He put the papers back into the drawer and locked the desk, but continued to sit there.

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She never put anything actual on paper until she had settled her house down at night.

phone

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When she finally put down the phone , she stared at it for a few seconds longer.

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That decision has been made for them by whoever put the phone in place.

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Culley put the phone down, then dialled Mike Dawson's number.

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There was more to the Steelers' resurgence than putting the phones on hold, however.

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Either Quinn knew just what he was doing or he was going to provoke the kidnapper into putting down the phone .

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Mackey put down the phone and walked across the windy plaza to his car.

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He asked two questions and put the phone down.

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He put the phone down on the cradle and stared at it.

place

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These can not be eliminated without putting something in its place .

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The technosphere is the scaffolding put in place to help Bio2 pop.

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The eggs need to be put in a warm place to hatch.

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Three of 12 reforms the board approved last month have been put into place .

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They can also include questions which ask pupils to put themselves in the place of some person in the past.

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We tried to emphasize a system where you put things in place and hire smart, hard-working people.

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His wife had been put in place as a Soviet agent.

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That decision has been made for them by whoever put the phone in place .

plan

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It is of no use to put forward a partial plan for the revitalization of our education.

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We are going to put abortion into the plan .

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It is important to put the plan in writing.

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She had put off her summer plans and decided to stay with him.

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But I've put a plan of the Lab in my office for you.

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Learn about the psychological impacts of life in this new work world, and put together a plan for handling them successfully.

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That means we can delay putting plans in for the reservoir.

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By Wednesday morning, however, director Henry Dean was ready to put a plan into action.

position

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Never must she put herself in a position where she might be tempted to betray the fact that she loved him.

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There is a certain boldness about her; she strikes me as refusing to be put in any subordinate position .

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But it wasn't, if you cared to put yourself in my position .

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The Board said that they deserved their percentage because they had put me in the position to attract the money.

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After some really lackluster efforts we are put in the uncomfortable position of rooting for an injury.

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Midlands 9, North 17 Hodgkinson put in a position of weakness as North march on.

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You will therefore be put in the position of paying two mortgages at the same time for a short period.

practice

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Gwynedd's chief executive Huw Thomas said many of the lessons of the Towyn flood disaster were being put into practice .

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The next step is to put them into practice .

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Trials Lack of resources to put your visions into practice .

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While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice .

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Let's hope some of our little fire raisers don't manage to get there and put the ad into practice .

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But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice .

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Charles, however, was determined to use the farm at Highgrove as a model to put his ideas into practice .

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No eighteenth-century peace plan had the slightest chance of being put into practice .

pressure

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I put enough pressure on myself without having outside pressures as well.

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The potential for other oppressed groups to be autonomously organized also put pressure on the Union to question its structures and attitudes.

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Eaton said large institutional investors today are putting more pressure on publicly traded companies to increase their returns.

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Consequently Edinburgh and Sedgley put Kelly under pressure on the Leeds right.

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The administration's treatment of the National Fire Plan already indicates how budget cuts put new pressures on Congress.

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We were always putting pressure on him to jack it in.

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Just-in-time learning puts considerable pressure on organizations to figure out what training to provide when, and where.

proposal

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The results have to be published and should not be only of interest to the client group who put forward the proposal .

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From this the person is expected to identify strengths and weaknesses in performance and then put forward proposals for change.

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Chen has now put flesh on his proposal in an interview with Business Week.

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He put the proposals forward formally in a letter to the two houses of parliament and the Constitutional Court on Nov. 30.

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Mr. Taylor My right hon. Friend is putting forward and considering proposals for reform.

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They will do that because the Milk Marketing Board has put forward those proposals for reform.

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The legal profession has already put forward alternative proposals which would save the money the Lord Chancellor requires to save next year.

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Both are putting forward major expansion proposals designed to cater for the NorthWest's rapidly expanding demand for air travel.

question

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Let me put some questions to you: Would you trust your child to an unqualified teacher?

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It was accounted great discourtesy to put any question to a guest before his wants had been satisfied.

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It looks as if they had extorted permission to put their prepared question , naming Salamis.

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And I saw another man with a wheel on his head and put a question to him.

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Now tell us at once, has Fred put the question ?

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John Langford contemplated this phenomenon without expression; then he began to put a series of questions to us both.

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There was one man who soon put that out of the question .

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I put this question to him now.

record

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Originally Abba's record company were going to put out their record in December.

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The extent of that secret onslaught needs to be put on the record .

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Let us put the record into perspective.

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She intends to put the Council on record as wanting to reduce the poverty level by 10 percent.

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I am happy to put that on the record once again.

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I think the band ought to put out a record once a year.

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Mrs Gore even risked the wrath of the record industry by campaigning to have warning labels put on particularly offensive records.

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In every case, you have a better chance of being considered if you are able to put your performance on record .

risk

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We further found that certain physical and physiologic profiles put children at risk for specific types of learning and psychological problems.

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It would be dangerous pinning Ebert down and he didn't want to put her at risk .

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I may have worried that being with Jasper, being passive with anybody, would put me at risk .

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Remember that you will put your job at risk if you allow your partner to distract you at work.

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The trade union representing the workforce at these plants had threatened to go on strike if their jobs are put at risk .

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In either case you can easily and very quickly dehydrate and put your life at risk .

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This is not the same form of heroism as those who put themselves at risk for others.

show

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What an awful humbug you must think me for putting on such a show of affection!

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He doesn't want to put on any show .

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Both men are employed by Sells-Floto Inc., which puts on the show .

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I remember we set about putting together a cabaret show .

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The Republicans put on an intimidating show , as they always intended, but it somehow rang hollow.

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No need to put on a show for me, or be anything but yourself.

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They do, however, put on a brave show .

stop

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The law officers should put a stop to the practice forthwith.

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If I do, my parents say I can put a stop to it.

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This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial.

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I thought I'd put a stop to this nonsense!

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Obviously putting prints with stop all over will ruin your dev.

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Yet a polite, reasoned reply seldom puts a stop to the exchange.

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There are some very dubious practices and we want to put a stop to them.

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Like leapfrog and friendships with older girls the teachers always put a stop to it.

test

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Now Thatcherism is being put to the same test as Keynesianism was.

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On the latter, the new Republican Assembly will be put to the test shortly.

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This last fact means that many aspects of Salibi's theory can not as yet be put to the test .

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They put me though every test in the book to be sure I was healthy.

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It is highly desirable that from every product in regular production, samples be withdrawn periodically and put on long-term stability test .

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So she puts him to the test .

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Jealous voices reminded the Count of this again and again; eventually he decided to put her to the test .

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Now this knowledge will be put to a stern test .

touch

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Dyer was almost over for a try but put a foot in touch at the corner flag spoiled the effort.

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You know, put in the Williams touch .

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Perhaps one of Alfa Romeo's race engineers put him in touch with Enzo Ferrari?

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You may spot workers putting the finishing touches on the dome.

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They can put students in touch with teachers, regardless of the geographic location of either.

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She also puts me in touch with the man who owns the picture.

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They will spend Valentine's Day putting the final touches to their wedding following a whirlwind telephone romance.

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And they put young people in touch with adult role models who can help ease the shift into adulthood.

use

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If the building is no longer needed for its original purpose, could it be put to a new use ?

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Recent Supreme Court decisions have put limits on the use of affirmative action to assure diversity in student bodies.

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The money raised will be put to good use .

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But the financing was also put to questionable use -- to buy the district out of an operating deficit.

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Its waters formerly turned many a mill wheel on the way, although they are no longer put to any commercial use .

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Can my hon. and diplomatic Friend assure us that these important diplomatic communications were not ultimately put to any ignoble use ?

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Bones are also put to practical use , strung together to make a kind of aeolian harp or wind chime.

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But the timber is still much prized and Westonbirt arboretum hopes all the felled trunks will be put to good use .

weight

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His neck looked thicker, as if he'd put weight on, and the greasy blonde hair was a few inches longer.

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But both Ford and Kissinger gave the treaty their support, and Carter put the full weight of the presidency behind ratification.

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All the fish have put on weight , the Pictus especially have grown about half-an-inch.

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She cries a lot and is not putting on weight .

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During their youth Jane was more likely to put her weight and invective behind brother Charles than her kid sister.

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Had cabinet minister X put on even more weight from last year?

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The ice occasionally shears away as I put my weight on it.

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A friend has described it as worth putting on weight for.

word

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But above all, I needed something that at that time I was quite unable to put into words .

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I should put aside the harsh words that had been said, I should try to make the best of everything.

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And, no doubt, she was putting her own words into Franklyn's mouth again.

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How is it possible for a speaker to put thoughts into words and for a hearer to understand them?

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Stop trying to put words into my mouth.

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He also put out the word that he had mined the forests.

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It was suddenly quite impossible to put these living words back into page 300 of Vico and return them to Safe 5.

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I heave a sigh of resignation, knowing how notoriously difficult it is to put unity into words .

■ VERB

stay

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Catesby, if he had stayed , might have put a restraining hand upon the petty malice of his comrades.

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Those which happen to come to rest in a non-absorbing direction will absorb no more photons, and will thereafter stay put .

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He tries to drag her home, but she struggles to stay put .

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You expected them to stay put .

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He wanted simply to stay put .

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She told Clarissa to stay put and say no more until she herself came round to Clarissa's flat.

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So for the forseeable future the hamsters are staying put .

try

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And few cared to try to put him down.

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No matter how much he tried to put it off, he already knew that it was going to happen this week.

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Plenty of Christians have tried their hand at putting their beliefs into prose or poetry, usually with calamitous aesthetic results.

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I try to put my arm around him, but he shoves me off.

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They tried to put a bomb on a plane last year, didn't they, sir?

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When physicists try to put the two realms together, the answers they get are nonsense.

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If your hands are cold, try putting a hat on!

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She tries to put energy into her defensive game.

PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

(put) daylight between yourself and sb

I wouldn't put it past sb (to do sth)

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I wouldn't put it past Colin to lie to his wife.

I'd put (my) money on sth

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Even the madmen wouldn't have him in real life, I 'd put money on it.

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Personally, I 'd put my money on accidental death without a second thought.

be hard put/pressed/pushed to do sth

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Aunt Edie was in such a rage about it that she was hard put to contain herself.

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Governments will then be hard put to get it on to their national statute books by mid-1993.

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I can assure you that any busybody would be hard put to it to prove maltreatment!

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Leinster will be hard pushed to keep the score within the respectable margins of defeat set by their predecessors.

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Once an apology is given, the defendant will be hard put to contest liability later.

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The slave's side ... and even Miss Phoebe would be hard put to understand.

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With his height and features, he was hard put to pass as a native.

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You will be hard pressed to choose a single main course because so many are mouth-watering.

cannot put a name to sth

get/put bums on seats

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When you can put bums on seats, then you can come and tell me what flights you want to travel on.

get/put sb's back up

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He treats everyone like children, and that's why he puts people's backs up.

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It really gets my back up when salesmen call round to the house.

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At Eagle Butte I stopped and got a clamp, got the pipe back up there some way.

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He had been around the scene for long enough to know how to manipulate meetings without getting everyone's back up.

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If you get his/her back up, even if you're right, you're dead!

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She'd even got Bert's back up proper, over his betting and poor old Floss.

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Simon naturally put people's backs up.

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You got to get back up.

get/put sb/sth out of your mind

get/put your head down

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He simply puts his head down and keeps on scoring goals - lots of them.

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He was as cranky as a bad-tempered goat, always putting his head down and charging into things that annoyed him.

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I put my head down and kept stroking.

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I put my head down into my hands and absented myself mentally.

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Instead of putting his head down and charging, Balshaw chipped and chased.

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When I saw him in court he was crying, and so was I.. He put his head down.

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You chuck down three of them, and then put your head down on your desk.

get/put your skates on

give sb ideas/put ideas into sb's head

go into reverse/put sth into reverse

keep/put something on ice

lay/put sth to rest

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Many of the public's doubts have now been laid to rest .

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A second glance put my mind to rest , but for a moment there it gave me a turn.

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I think this definitely puts it to rest .

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Kwasniewski has said he may dissolve parliament to put the issue to rest and call for new elections.

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Rather it attempted to lay the movement to rest .

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She took the pills and lay down to rest with her eyes closed.

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The time has come to put this to rest .

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Then she lay down to rest in the lounge, surrounded by other women who even here never stopped talking.

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Without proof I should really lay the idea to rest .

not put a foot wrong

not to put too fine a point on it

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Everyone there - not to put too fine a point on it - was crazy.

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The dishes we tried tasted, not to put too fine a point on it, like gasoline.

not to put too fine a point on it

put (your) money on sth

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A lot of people are putting money on the line, hoping what Petruchio says he can do, he will do.

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Even the madmen wouldn't have him in real life, I'd put money on it.

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No one in their senses puts money on a horse other than in the hope of winning money.

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On the basis of what I told them, they put money on the line.

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She'd be willing to put money on that.

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The investor decides on the currency most likely to appreciate against sterling and puts money on deposit in that currency.

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The question this time, however, is would you still put your money on her?

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They put money on the table, too, perfect strangers expressing unmistakable monetary interest in the Tonelli Nation.

put a construction on sth

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The law does not say that specifically, but people have chosen to put that construction on it.

put a damper on sth

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The burglary put a damper on the family's Christmas.

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A couple of knee injuries put a damper on his football career.

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Analysts had figured the bad news from the giant microprocessor maker would put a damper on technology stocks.

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It really put a damper on everything.

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Lower prices for Treasury bonds helped put a damper on stock prices, traders said.

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Torrential rain put a damper on the event, sending bedraggled guests squelching across lawns to seek shelter.

put a different/new/fresh complexion on sth

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It may put a different complexion on things.

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To me, the fact that she hasn't been heard of again in seventeen years puts a different complexion on it.

put a figure on it/give an exact figure

put a human face on sth

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What he fails to do is to put a human face on these processes.

put a price on sth

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How can you put a price on Kryptonite, for instance?

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How do you put a price on nine years of being informed and entertained?

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Prominent ministers such as Henry Ward Beecher initially condemned the concept of putting a price on human life as sinful and sacrilegious.

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Then again, you can not put a price on what Augusta had to offer yesterday morning.

put a sock in it

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That sort does all sorts of silly things, till experience tells them to put a sock in it.

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To avoid upsetting the kids, Dad spoke to Mum more than once in private, telling her to put a sock in it.

put a spoke in sb's wheel

put a stop to sth

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She decided to put a stop to their relationship.

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An attempt to annex nearby Epizephyrian Lokri was put a stop to by Hiero in 478.

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But the inquest put a stop to all that.

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I thought I'd put a stop to this nonsense!

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If I remember correctly, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar put a stop to that.

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The law officers should put a stop to the practice forthwith.

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There are some very dubious practices and we want to put a stop to them.

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They was charging people a dollar to see him before West put a stop to it.

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This should put a stop to the sort of attempt made by Hanson after it had successfully taken-over Imperial.

put a/the lid on sth

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Alan and I put the lid on the coffin and screwed it down.

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He had left the Phillips screwdriver in the spare room after we'd put the lid on.

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He put the lid on the pan and picked up his wine glass and drank before saying anything else.

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His new responsibilities have put the lid on this.

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If it passes, the measure would be the first time that an Arizona community has put a lid on building permits.

put all your eggs in one basket

put down roots

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Just as I was putting down roots , our family had to move up north.

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For Ada, putting down roots opens a new life of discipline and learning.

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However, now that they had family responsibilities and were beginning to put down roots , they returned to their former church-going.

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I was going to put down roots , achieve something, give meaning to my existence.

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In their place, developers are building upscale subdivisions that tend to cater to newcomers less willing to put down roots .

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It puts down roots 10 feet deep, easily withstanding drought and even frequent fires.

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Meanwhile, people who might want to put down roots in the community are finding it prohibitively expensive.

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She's had 8 quarters, so it's hard to put down roots .

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What better way to put down roots , and what more suitable time than in the spring?

put flesh on sth

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Medical experts put flesh on the statistical data for the audience.

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Chen has now put flesh on his proposal in an interview with Business Week.

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The strength of this book is that it puts flesh on the bare bones of this argument.

put in a (good) word for sb

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I'll put in a good word for you with the management.

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He put in a good word for him at meetings of the Jockey Club.

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Only those who keep a dialogue going will be able to put in a word for persons in need of intercession.

put in an appearance/make an appearance

put in your two cents' worth

put on a brave face/front

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He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.

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I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.

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Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.

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Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.

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Newspaper staff put on a brave face.

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No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.

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Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.

put on the dog

put on your thinking cap

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Instead, put on your thinking cap, and turn those prepared ingredients into new dishes.

put one over on sb

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Cantor was pleased to have put one over on their first violinist, Sol Minskoff.

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They were trying to put one over on us and would no longer get away with it.

put out feelers

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Their intelligence agency, the Kempeitai, put out feelers to nationalists like Ngo Dinh Diem.

put paid to sth

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But the glint of mockery in his dark eyes put paid to that fantasy.

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But Travis McKenna had put paid to that by being particularly vigilant.

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Hitler's assault in the summer of 1940 put paid to the agitation for peace negotiations.

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It rather put paid to any idea she'd had of motoring around and discovering more of the area though.

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Lefkowitz, a classicist and humanities professor at Wellesley College, puts paid to Afrocentric myth-making.

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People were cursing the Greenhouse Effect and swearing that it had put paid to surf in Hawaii for all time.

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This was the cause of his deafness, which put paid to a planned career in the army and in politics.

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Yet an inflamed shin almost put paid to Sampras in the first week.

put sb in mind of sb/sth

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But they put me in mind of trees in November.

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It put Luce in mind of a corrupt and rotting corpse.

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The fried bean curd put one in mind of oriental griddle cakes and needed the hot sauces to extract their inscrutable flavour.

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The Professor couldn't help thinking that he put him in mind of a young Jack Palance.

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What it put me in mind of was a very bad joke that once ran in my family.

put sb in their place

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I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.

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Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place .

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The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place .

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Was Morrissey helped put them in their place .

put sb off their stride

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Human experimenters have found it surprisingly difficult to put bats off their stride by playing loud artificial ultrasound at them.

put sb off their stroke

put sb on the spot

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I don't want to put you on the spot , but I'm really curious about how you know Tim.

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The reporter's questions were clearly designed to put the Senator on the spot .

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You shouldn't put friends on the spot by asking them to hire your family members.

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Now the Supreme Court has put him on the spot .

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That sure put you on the spot .

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The aim was to put them on the spot - or at least to impress the Inspector with your knowledge and concern.

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This put Charles on the spot .

put sb out to grass

put sb through the mill

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Candidates are put through the mill by the Senate.

put sb to the sword

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The High Elf army fell on the besiegers of Lothern, putting them to the sword .

put sb's nose out of joint

put sb/sth first

put sb/sth in the shade

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Coca Cola's prize-winning advertising campaign has put all others in the shade .

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The generous response of the public to the disaster puts the government's contribution somewhat in the shade .

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Even now, sugar employs one-seventh of the work force, putting tourism in the shade .

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Her meagre supply of water runs out, and she puts Ishmael in the shade of a bush to die.

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We put him in the shade , the doily wrapped around his little orange body except for his face.

put sb/sth through their paces

put sb/sth to shame

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Acapulco is a cosmopolitan city with a nightlife that puts Rio to shame .

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Matt's gourmet dinner really put my cooking to shame .

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The elegant way she was dressed put the rest of us to shame .

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He interviewed many of them, recording every detail with a care that put sighted journalists to shame .

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He puts us all to shame .

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He was immediately given some money which he took with the kind of abundant gratitude that puts the giver to shame .

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The cruel truth is that some animals put some humans to shame .

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They put the Instamatic to shame .

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They scarcely left it for the next two weeks, their passion putting her dreams to shame .

put sb/sth to sleep

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Anybody else would have put the mutt to sleep .

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During the first half of the 1980s, these cries actually put people to sleep .

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He puts you to sleep with those little jabs.

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Now I tend to find I need something else to put me to sleep .

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She had hoped to time her nightly visit to the nursery so that he was actually being put down to sleep .

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The shadow was flowing rhythmically, putting him to sleep .

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When harvest came, the people could put Hunger to sleep .

put sb/sth to the test

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Kathy's students are putting her patience to the test .

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The war is putting some of the military's expensive new technology to the test .

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Again, put them to the test .

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Jealous voices reminded the Count of this again and again; eventually he decided to put her to the test .

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More shaming had been his reluctance to put it to the test .

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Naturally the two officers protest that their girls are different, but Alfonso persuades them to put it to the test .

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Rain could not bring herself to put this to the test .

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So she puts him to the test .

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Will the Prime Minister now put it to the test through the ballot box and let the people decide on his record?

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With markets falling and input prices rising, this is the ideal time to put them to the test .

put sth in cold storage

put sth into practice

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A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice .

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New safety guidelines for factory workers will be put into practice next month.

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The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice .

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But he came gradually to see its viability and to contemplate ways of putting it into practice .

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Jeremy Taylor is some one who can afford to put his principles into practice .

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Last week appeared to be the point at which he put the promise into practice .

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Let's hope some of our little fire raisers don't manage to get there and put the ad into practice .

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Make a habit of putting your AH-HAs into practice as soon as possible alter reading them.

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The next step is to put them into practice .

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Trials Lack of resources to put your visions into practice .

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While the federal policy shift began a decade ago, forest managers have been slow to put it into practice .

put sth on the map

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It was Ray Kroc that really put McDonald's restaurants on the map .

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The French town of Albertville hoped the winter Olympics would put the town on the map .

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It is already sixteen years since we left London specifically to help put Norfolk on the map in the Medau world.

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It was inspired by Brendan Foster and it brought international athletics to the town and put it on the map .

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Lady Diana's engagement to Prince Charles really put Althorp on the map , and it became a full-time job for me.

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That would put us on the map , give us more respect.

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The range improvement program, though, really put me on the map .

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This tournament has put us on the map and we are keen to develop it further.

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Whoever did, she says, put Nanaimo on the map .

put sth on the slate

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Can I put it on the slate , and I'll pay at the end of the week?

put sth to (good) use

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I'd like a job where I could put my degree in languages to good use .

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But I am putting it to use .

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How do you put it to use in daily practice?

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It does not seem regressive to put it to use in the service of gay survival as well.

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Many large and medium size companies, government departments and Local authorities are putting Dataease to use somewhere within their organisations.

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Much of ecology is about this process: finding energy; putting it to use .

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The time has come to put your skills to use by developing a more useful and complex object orientated program.

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The trouble is we never stop long enough to put them to good use .

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Throughout the 1980s, researchers and company executives struggled with how to put Al to use .

put sth to bed

put sth to rights

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He wanted to put the world to rights .

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If you mean to put everything to rights between yourself and Benedict, you must make an effort on your own account.

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This month, however, is my chance to put all that to rights .

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This usually put Dad to rights but must have been pretty potent stuff as it ceased to be available after the war.

put sth under the microscope

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We put everything under the microscope .

put sth/sb out of their misery

put sth/sb out to pasture

put the boot in

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And putting the boot in ... the recycling service for wellies.

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And the judge, emboldened by the new case management powers decides to put the boot in.

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At her wedding Phil took spectacularly to the bottle and put the boot in with some brio.

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Gregory put the boot in ... metaphorically speaking!

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I think they just sucked up to David, and began to put the boot in really, quite unnecessarily and unfairly.

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I wouldn't like to be stuck down a dark alley at night with whoever put the boot in here.

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Low-brow pedestrians of all parties, egged on by the press, were only too happy to put the boot in.

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Time had put the boot in.

put the brakes on sth

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It's the government's latest effort to put the brakes on rising prices.

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He managed to touch-down at the threshold and put the brakes on.

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If Peres and Labor are defeated, the Likud Party has vowed to put the brakes on the peace movement.

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Laid crops and unsettled weather put the brakes on harvest for many growers this week.

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The Communists have climbed on the bandwagon, but only to put the brakes on.

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There are indications, however, that the government is now trying to put the brakes on further expansion.

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Those cars with all those springs that rock back and forwards like a see-saw when you put the brakes on.

put the cart before the horse

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It is Labour's insistence on putting the cart before the horse which fills me with gloom.

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It seems to me that Mr Topolski is putting the cart before the horse.

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This is putting the cart before the horse.

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This may sound like putting the cart before the horse and being unnecessarily pessimistic.

put the clock(s) back/forward

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Anyway, even if one wanted to, one couldn't put the clock back to an earlier age.

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I can't put the clock back.

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They were therefore accused of putting the clock back and bringing the best hope of Christendom to an impasse.

put the fear of God into sb

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The IRS tries to put the fear of God into people who don't pay enough tax.

put the frighteners on sb

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The animals, yes, putting the frighteners on.

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Why should this female start putting the frighteners on him now, after all this time?

put the kibosh on sth

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The collapse of the junk-bond market has put the kibosh on a management buy-out of Wickes, an engineering and home-furnishings company.

put the mockers on sth

put the roses back in sb's cheeks

put the skids under sth

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The paint that puts the skids under barnacles is being adopted by Porter International for protective coatings in the United States.

put the squeeze on sb

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Look, President Clinton might host some questionable coffees, but he never would put the squeeze on a Brownie!

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Secondly, its effect could only be to put the squeeze on landowners who sat in the path of the reservoir.

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The Treasury number two has targeted the most vulnerable in the drive to put the squeeze on government spending.

put the whammy on sb

put the wind up sb/get the wind up

put two and two together

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When we found the money and the drugs in his room, it was easy to put two and two together.

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As it is, Krauss is probably putting two and two together.

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He can be trusted to put two and two together.

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He saw the pits, he saw my father, and he put two and two together.

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His friends put two and two together, and so did the media, which beseiged his home by telephone and helicopter.

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If they found the coins they might put two and two together.

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In 1989 Congress put two and two together, in a programme to sell the government's houses to the poor.

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It is not difficult to put two and two together.

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Still nobody in the chemical industry put two and two together.

put two fingers up at sb

put up a good fight

put up a good/poor etc show

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He might have put up a good show the other day, but that was because he was frightened.

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She put up a better show in the 1980s.

put words into sb's mouth

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I didn't mean that at all -- you're just putting words into my mouth!

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Stop putting words into my mouth - I never said I disliked the job.

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You're putting words into her mouth. You don't know what she thinks.

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Stop trying to put words into my mouth.

put years on sb/take years off sb

put your back into it

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Come on, John. Stop messing around and put your back into it!

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I really put my back into it, you know?

put your face on

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Jill's still busy putting on her face .

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Then I put her face on her desk, supported by a heap of loose files.

put your feelings/thoughts etc into words

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However; they had done little to develop emotional ideas and emotional thinking, to help Kyle put his feelings into words .

put your feet up

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Well, at least put your feet up for a few minutes. Would you like a drink?

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When you're pregnant and doing a full-time job, you must find time to put your feet up.

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E for elevation, otherwise known as putting your feet up.

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He pushed the ottoman over and I put my feet up.

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He says it gave him time to put his feet up and relax.

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Take off your coat and put your feet up.

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Tammuz had dimmed the lights, put his feet up, and asked the computer to tune in the wall-screen.

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That boy needs a lot of teaching, he thought, putting his feet up.

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Then he put his feet up on the bench and snored for ten minutes.

put your finger on sth

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I can't put my finger on it, but there's something different about you.

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But what they were she could not quite put her finger on.

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Ezra put his finger on the photos.

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I can't put my finger on it.

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Lord Wyatt had put his finger on it: The hunts wouldn't let her in.

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Nightbreed almost does, but fails for some reason I can't quite put my finger on.

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One child put her finger on 17.

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Something was happening amongst the youth movement that so admired him and he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

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The Captain of the Lymington-Yarmouth ferry could not quite put his finger on what was wrong.

put your foot down

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Ed was talking about dropping out of school, but Mom and Dad put their foot down.

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I wanted to take a year off before college, but my mother put her foot down.

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You'd better put your foot down before those kids get completely out of control.

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I put my feet down carefully.

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I put my foot down and the car began to move forward.

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Justice puts its foot down on Oxie.

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Later still My silly wee sister has put her feet down and refuses to let me near her Power Pack.

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Rice, however, put his foot down and made what he called his first policy decision.

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She didn't answer, just put her foot down and sent the Cortina faster and faster through the night.

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They could have put their foot down and dragged us into court.

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We were nearing the camp, so I aimed for the ruts in the track and put my foot down.

put your foot in it

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She's a little weird isn't she? Oh no, have I put my foot in my mouth? Is she a friend of yours?

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Simon wanted to finish the conversation before he put his foot in it any further.

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As creative types, we're notoriously unpredictable, and thus liable to put our foot in it in front of touchy clients.

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Glover had put his foot in it somehow.

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I have put my foot in it.

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It was immediately clear that he had put his foot in it.

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It wasn't her fault if she had a gift for putting her foot in it.

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Somehow, with her usual clumsiness, she had opened her mouth and put her foot in it.

put your head/neck on the block

put your heads together

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150 government leaders are putting their heads together to discuss how to curb the production of greenhouse gases.

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The challenge is to put our heads together and think of a new way of working.

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We'll put our heads together after work and see if we can come up with a solution.

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Anyway, we can put our heads together later and see if it means anything.

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Emily and I put our heads together after office hours and came up with the answers we needed.

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Fearing the ships might founder on coastal rocks, the admiral summoned all his navigators to put their heads together.

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He will be less easy to understand if you literally put your heads together.

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Stevie and I are going to put our heads together to try and reconstruct them for Midge.

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The next day Martha and I would put our heads together and decide what should be done.

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They put their heads together, from thousands of miles away.

put your money where your mouth is

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It's time for the governor to put his money where his mouth is.

put your shoulder to the wheel

put/add the finishing touches (to sth)

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Barry returned the next day to add the finishing touches.

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Its warmth and richness will add the finishing touches that are all important to the dress of your dreams.

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The band are currently putting the finishing touches to their third album, which should be out early in the summer.

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The birds whose selective predation put the finishing touches to their evolution must, at least collectively, have had excellently good vision.

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The more exacting you are in putting the finishing touches to the picture, the better the result will be.

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We can put the finishing touches to your programme.

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With most members of the task force now dismissed, Mr Magaziner is putting the finishing touches to his report.

put/bet/stake your shirt on sth

put/bring sth into effect

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The council will need more money to put the regulations into effect .

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He was the first football manager to appreciate the importance of such harmony and to put it into effect .

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It had developed contingency plans before the incident and put them into effect when water in the mine began to overflow.

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One of them should be chosen and be put rapidly into effect .

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So far, 24 of the 35 nations needed to put the treaty into effect have ratified it.

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The Hague conference is the last chance to determine how to put the accord into effect .

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The possibility of judicial review is constantly in the mind of Ministers and officials when preparing legislation and putting it into effect .

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To put these contentions into effect the applicant made two applications in the district court to which the cases had been transferred.

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We need to raise at least £50,000 to put our plans into effect .

put/dip a toe in the water

put/force sb on the defensive

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Motta always put him on the defensive .

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Simple as sneezing to put him on the defensive .

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The Conservative achievement in the 1980s was to put Labour on the defensive by presenting Thatcherism as a continuation of historic Conservatism.

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The Sangh has put Congress on the defensive by forcing it to dilute its secular tradition.

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These two seemed friendly enough, but their questions about Sweetheart put him on the defensive .

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This established licensing hours for the first time, and put brewers on the defensive .

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This puts people on the defensive , and they may become silent or get angry.

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You guys being a little bit aggressive at the beginning put him on the defensive .

put/hold a gun to sb's head

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He might as well have put a gun to my head.

put/keep sb in the picture

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Besides, I wanted to put you in the picture .

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Call it: putting you in the picture .

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He put Maclean in the picture about his letter to Wilson.

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Perhaps he did not like to argue with Jean-Claude, suspecting that my lover may have been put fully in the picture .

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Then she remembered that she had promised to keep Sybil in the picture but decided that could wait as well.

put/lay your cards on the table

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If they're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate, that's good.

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If we want to reach an agreement, we'll have to lay all our cards on the table.

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They're willing to put all their cards on the table and negotiate.

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Come on, you can lay your cards on the table in this house.

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The new rules appear to encourage parties to lay their cards on the table and facilitate early settlements.

put/lay/set down a marker

put/leave sth on the back burner

put/leave/set sth to one side

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Graham has no plans to fly this aircraft at present and will put it to one side as soon as assembly and testing is complete.

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She put it to one side , and opened the folder of photographs.

put/make a move on sb

put/place a premium on sth

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Modern economies place a premium on educated workers.

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Barbara, as usual, seemed to be placing a premium on maintaining her composure.

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In my own garden, I put a premium on fresh greens.

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International book-building puts a premium on intermediaries' experience and ability to sell to 300-odd investing institutions around the world.

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Up and down hill fences pose problems for the horse by placing a premium on balance and impulsion.

put/place sb on a pedestal

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My last boyfriend put me on a pedestal .

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Another will place philanthropy on a pedestal and yet have a resentful, unforgiving spirit.

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I was the most beautiful, wonderful woman and he put me on a pedestal .

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If it is going to be special, put it on a pedestal of sorts.

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Let's face it, possum, there are some who would put me on a pedestal .

put/press/push the pedal to the metal

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By the second half of the game, the Tigers had really started to put the pedal to the metal.

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Later, Brooks' brother alleged that racism helped put the pedal to the metal.

put/pump/pour money into sth

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Demand for most bonds is high because investors keep putting money into corporate bond funds.

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First, it has poured money into Xinjiang.

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I too had put money into the hat.

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If the possible reward is very high, I would put money into a business that could fail. 4.

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In addition, the company has soured some investors by pouring money into headlong expansion at the expense of earnings.

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Staff can add credit on to their cards by putting money into card machines in the building.

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The people believed, and many of them were putting money into improving their homes, modernizing their small businesses.

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This, he says, accounts for developers fighting shy of putting money into the city.

put/set pen to paper

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And striker Geoff Ferris is likely to put pen to paper for 12 months.

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Good old-fashioned motives for putting pen to paper.

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He then put pen to paper, and soon a stream of adjectives was flowing.

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I had written a very fine book in my head before arriving, without setting pen to paper.

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I have put pen to paper sparingly, aware that pictures speak louder than words.

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In February of 1942 and again in May of that year he had put pen to paper and logged his past.

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So if you are fun-loving and open-minded, put pen to paper.

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So why not put pen to paper and win a wardrobe of fashions.

put/set sb's mind at rest

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But let me set your mind at rest .

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But she'd like to see him, to try and set her mind at rest .

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He's been very kind to me and Lily, as regards putting our minds at rest about Stella.

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He's unlikely to know how you feel, and until he does, he can't put your mind at rest .

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He must set their minds at rest about the Freddie affair, because they knew of Freddie.

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I wish I could put their minds at rest .

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It puts my mind at rest .

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Quite often, all that is required is a friendly chat to put your mind at rest .

put/set the cat among the pigeons

put/set/get your (own) house in order

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But Apple first must get its house in order.

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Commissioners are satisfied with the progress it is making to put its house in order.

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Following numerous complaints the Vicar of Woodford has been told to put his house in order.

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Henry had set his house in order but had no thoughts about setting off on crusade.

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Others have called on the council to step in and tell the firm to put its house in order.

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The Law Society no longer can support equally those who have put their house in order and those who have not.

put/set/turn your mind to sth

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A second glance put my mind to rest, but for a moment there it gave me a turn.

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Across the table, Lalage put her mind to the subjugation of Dada.

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Anybody could do what I do if they put their mind to it.

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But he can turn his mind to detailed needs, like pensions, if he has to.

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He would put his mind to other issues, one of which was sobering in its own right.

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I turned my mind to Archie.

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Whatever you set your mind to, your personal total obsession, this is what kills you.

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When Medea knew the deed was done she turned her mind to one still more dreadful.

put/stick that in your pipe and smoke it

put/stick your head above the parapet

put/stick/get your oar in

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I heard him mention something about organs to another guest so I put my oar in and started such a nice conversation.

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She was talking to me just now, before you put your oar in.

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We were sorting it out quite nicely until you stuck your oar in.

put/take sb over your knee

put/throw a spanner in the works

put/tighten the screws on sb

put/turn sth to good account

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The extra time was turned to good account .

put/turn the clock back

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If I could turn the clock back, I don't think I'd study law again.

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It would be nice to put the clock back to the years when Mum and Dad were still alive.

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He thinks you can turn the clock back.

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It was almost like turning the clock back a couple of centuries.

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Not unless they fell into Morton's hands. Turn the clock back.

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Or not lie, maybe. Turn the clock back.

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The most important thing now is not to turn the clock back.

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This great divide can not be bridged by turning the clock back.

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We can not turn the clock back.

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What is past is past and you can not turn the clock back.

sb puts his pants on one leg at a time

set/put sb straight

set/put sb's mind at rest

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Just to put your mind at ease, we will get a second opinion from a cardiac specialist.

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The doctor set my mind at rest by explaining exactly what effect the drug would have on me.

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But let me set your mind at rest.

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But she'd like to see him, to try and set her mind at rest.

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He's been very kind to me and Lily, as regards putting our minds at rest about Stella.

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He's unlikely to know how you feel, and until he does, he can't put your mind at rest.

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He must set their minds at rest about the Freddie affair, because they knew of Freddie.

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I wish I could put their minds at rest.

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It puts my mind at rest.

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Quite often, all that is required is a friendly chat to put your mind at rest.

set/put sth in motion

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The discovery set in motion two days of searching for the bodies.

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A tiny pilot light, if you like, that was necessary to set everything else in motion .

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Corot set the countryside in motion .

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He has set the ball in motion .

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How easy to see how a white kid could set this in motion with hardly any effort.

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It is both wasteful and irresponsible to set experiments in motion and omit to record and analyse what happens.

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Oliver corrected the clock and set it in motion .

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On Jan. 13, Vega said, Guzman set his plot in motion .

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The programme had lost the man responsible for setting it in motion .

set/put sth to music

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She sat at the piano for hours, putting one of her poems to music .

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The Greek tragedy "Elektra" was set to music by Richard Strauss.

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But if you have an extremely subtle story, how are you going to set it to music ?

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For Robin, a place to put mind to music .

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What were you going to do, set it to music ?

set/put the record straight

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Having set the record straight there is a paradox.

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He sets the record straight by a thorough reconsideration of Addison's Cato, that tragedy constantly overrated at the time.

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I want to set the record straight.

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Or a desire to put the record straight?

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Taylor was given the perfect platform to set the record straight at yesterday's press conference.

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They have a duty to set the record straight, otherwise they are conniving at falsehood.

set/put the world to rights

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He wanted to put the world to rights.

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More recently Lou has cleaned up his act and started setting the world to rights.

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That straightness of Time, that confining straightness, was one with the Western picture of setting the world to rights.

stay put

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He won't stay put long enough for me to take his photo.

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I'm just going to stay put unless you need me to help you.

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I've decided to stay put until after Christmas, but after that I want to start looking for a new apartment.

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If you stay put, you'll be even more miserable in a year's time.

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But since it was extremely dark and nearly dawn, we stayed put.

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Dear Prudence would dictate staying put and waiting for air to come and retrieve him.

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Everything falling in exactly the same way is what is natural, not everything staying put the same way.

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If we stay put they can stay up there and fry the valley bottom, and us with it.

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If you had been out in the middle of space, far from anything else, they would have stayed put.

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Locals were told to evacuate, but Duane stayed put.

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Water exchange is limited, and any pollution will just stay put.

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When she stayed put, the men began pounding their fists on the tables as well.

stick/put etc the knife in/into someone

take/put up with shit (from sb)

throw/put sb off the scent

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And why should I try to throw you off the scent ?

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But he'd got to put Graham off the scent .

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Or were they trying to put him off the scent ?

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That put them off the scent .

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The aspirant towards a more spiritual way of life will be thrown entirely off the scent .

to put it mildly

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He's a troubled youngster, to put it mildly .

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The movie contains some scenes that are, to put it mildly , rather difficult to watch.

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After one hundred days of world peace, all surviving were to put it mildly , a little bothered and regretful.

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Barkley, to put it mildly , is a bit more complicated.

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But the depth of the dislike of the Tory leadership surprised everybody, to put it mildly .

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But the testimony from the High Street is mixed, to put it mildly .

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On this view there is, to put it mildly , no urgency about a referendum.

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Traveling in pairs out here saves a lot of walking -- to put it mildly .

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Tucson audiences are passionate, to put it mildly .

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Unforthcoming, to put it mildly .

EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES

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Grandmother was getting too frail to live on her own, so we had to put her in an old people's home.

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I'm not allowed to put up any posters in my bedroom.

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I put the coin in my pocket.

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I put the letter back in the envelope.

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I can't remember where I put my keys.

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I wrote to Marian, but I didn't put anything about Bill being arrested.

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It's time to put everything away now.

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Just put 'with love from Jason' on the card.

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Just put the bags on the table.

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She put the sales slip in the plastic bag with the dress.

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She picked up a porcelain figurine and put it down again.

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The photographer arranged the wedding guests, putting the smallest ones at the front.

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They put me in a room on my own and locked the door.

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This is music to put you in a relaxed mood.

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When did you last put oil in the car?

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Where did you put the newspaper?

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Winning their last six games has put Utah into first place.

EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS

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Groover Records are now putting on a Monday night club at two different venues.

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He put himself through school with wages earned as a carpenter.

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I took my wallet out and took two fivers and put them on the table.

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Now they must try to put their dreams back together again.

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The ground crew can now work to refuel, clean the squashed bugs off the bubble and put the aircraft to bed.

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The stench and the bloody process we watched put me off tinned fish for many months.

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The time has come to put such a fee in place.