1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context

1000 Phrasal Verbs In Context © Matt Errey 2007

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1000 Phrasal Verbs in Context PQ pq (9/10)

put in
Kenny’s been working very hard lately. He put in ten hours of overtime
last week.

put in sth

put sth in

Those who put the biggest
effort in will get the
biggest reward.

✍ ^

put in for
You should put in for study leave to research your idea. You’d have a
good chance of getting it.

put in for sth

Why don’t you put in for
one of the government’s
export promotion grants?

✍  see also: go for

put off
Adia’s not feeling very well today, so we’ve put the meeting off until
tomorrow.

put off sth

put sth off

We’ll have to put off
expanding the company
until we get another loan.

✍  see also:^ hold off, put

back

put off
Missing short putts isn’t something Tiger often does, but this time he
was put off by a phone ringing just as he was hitting the ball.

be put off by sth

put sb off sth

He was singing well until
someone came into the
studio and put him off.

✍ ^

put off

Peter saw a TV show about how farm animals are killed, and it’s put

him off eating meat. He says he might become a vegetarian.

put sb off sth

put sb off doing sth

Worries about security

still put some customers

off ordering online.

✍  see also:^ deter from^

put on
Madonna was a bit late coming back after the break in her concert
because she had trouble putting her new costume on.

put on sth

put sth on

On his first date, my
teenage son put way too
much perfume on.

✍  see also:^ get on^

put on
How many concerts featuring international artists did local
entertainment companies put on this year?

put sth on

put on sth

Is the export department
going to put a trade fair
on this year, or not?

✍ ^

put on
It’s really cold tonight. Have you put the electric blanket on?
put sth on
put on sth

Don’t forget to put on the
air conditioner when you
get here in the morning.

✍  see also: switch on, turn

on

put onto
Frank put me onto a top-class tailor. His new suit looked great so I
asked him where he’d had it made and he gave me the guy’s card.

put sb onto sb/sth

Max put them onto a very
reliable shipping agent he
knows in New York.

✍ 

put out
Are you sure that taking me to the station won’t put you out? I can
easily get a taxi if you’re busy.

put sb out

He won’t stay at our
house because he thinks
he’d be putting us out.

✍ 