Meaning

1 senses

  1. (idiomatic)Synonym of strive: to apply oneself.

    When he puts his back into the work, he gets quite a lot done.

Examples

557 sentences

  1. Put the car into the garage.

    Постав машину в гараж. — deniko

    ruПоставь машину в гараж. — marafon

    deStell das Auto in die Garage. — MUIRIEL

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  2. How can we put it into practice?

    Як ми можемо застосувати це на практиці? — deniko

    ruКак мы можем применить это на практике? — odexed

    deWie können wir das in die Praxis umsetzen? — enteka

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  3. Tom put the key into the lock.

    Том вставив ключ у замок. — deniko

    ruТом вставил ключ в замок. — marafon

    deTom steckte den Schlüssel ins Schloss. — dinkel_girl

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  4. Tom put his keys into his pocket.

    Том поклав свої ключі до кишені. — deniko

    ruТом положил ключи в карман. — odexed

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  5. What did you put into the box?

    Що ти поклав до коробки? — deniko

    ruЧто ты положил в коробку? — fjay69

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Origin

From the literal action of straining with one's whole body to push a heavy object. Compare

From the literal action of straining with one's whole body to push a heavy object. Compare put one's shoulder to the wheel.

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Forms

puts one's back into, putting one's back into, put one's back into, put one's back into
Base formput one's back into · to put one's back into
3rd person singularputs one's back into
Present participleputting one's back into
Past simpleput one's back into
Past participleput one's back into

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyput one's back into
he, she, itputs one's back into

Past simpleLesson

all personsput one's back into

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave put one's back into
he, she, ithas put one's back into

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill put one's back into

Synonyms

1 synonyms
striveB2

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
pussyfootpustuleputA1putativeputridputt

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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