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put something before — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
put someone over — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
put someone above — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
put someone through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… … New idioms dictionary
put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
put before — ˈput be ˌfore [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they put before he/she/it puts before present participle putting before past tense put before … Useful english dictionary
put something over — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
put something above — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
put through hoops — put (someone) through hoops go/jump through hoops to do a lot of difficult things before you are allowed to have or do something you want. She was put through far more hoops than a man would have been before the studio allowed her to direct her… … New idioms dictionary
