PUT (SOMETHING) BACK


Meaning of PUT (SOMETHING) BACK in English

put something back phrasal verb ( see also ↑ put )

1 . put somebody/something ↔ back to put people or things in the place or situation they were in before:

She put the saucepan back on the stove.

Our win today put us back into third place in the league.

2 . put something ↔ back to arrange for an event to start at a later time or date SYN postpone

put something ↔ back to

The meeting has been put back to next Thursday.

3 . put something ↔ back to delay a process or activity by a number of weeks, months etc:

This fire could put back the opening date by several weeks.

4 . to make someone or something have something that they used to have before:

The win put a smile back on his face.

5 . put a clock/watch back British English to make a clock or watch show an earlier time SYN set back American English ⇨ put the clock back at ↑ clock 1 (3)

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.