verb
Etymology: Middle English putten in, from putten to put + in
transitive verb
1. : to make a formal offer or declaration of
put in a plea of guilty
put his claim in for damages
2. : to come in with : interpose
blocked his opponent's blows and then put in a sudden right to the jaw
thought it opportune to put in a defensive word for his elder brother — L.C.Douglas
— often used with quoted words as object
another put in, “Pigmy-minded senators!” — Margaret A. Barnes
3. : to lay in a supply of
ran a small store, starting out with selling soft drinks … then he put in candy, cigarettes and bread — B.J.Siegel
4. : to spend (a specified amount of time) especially at some occupation or job
put in their customary six or seven hours at the office — Jerome Weidman
5. : plant
all we got to do now is put in that next year's crop — William Faulkner
intransitive verb
1. : to call at or enter a place
a lot of the boys put in here on account of the good water — Edwin Corle
especially : to enter a harbor or port
the dune-locked harbors … where vessels frequently put in — American Guide Series: Michigan
2. : to make an application, request, or offer
had to retire and put in for a pension — Seymour Nagan
put in for its share of new production — Time