put back
verb- To return something to its original place. · He carefully put the vase back on the shelf.
- To turn back; to return.
- To postpone an arranged event or appointment. · The meeting has been put back to 5.00 pm.
- To drink fast; to knock down alcohol. · You'll need to put that drink back quickly; it's very nearly closing time.
- To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time. · Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour.
From the library
But he at once unlocked their spectacles, which he put back into the green box, and gave them many good wishes to carry with them.
“Oh, I _beg_ your pardon!” she exclaimed in a tone of great dismay, and began picking them up again as quickly as she could, for the accident of the goldfish kept running in her head, and she had a vague sort of idea that they must be collected at once and put back into the jury-box, or they would die.
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