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put sb to sth
Definition
› to cause someone to experience or do something: Your generosity puts me to shame. I've put the children to work clearing the snow from the path. I hope we're not putting you to any inconvenience.Causing things to happen
(Definition of put sb to sth from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sb through phrasal verb
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put sb through sth phrasal verb (BAD EXPERIENCE)
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put sb through sth phrasal verb (EDUCATION)
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put sb through the mill idiom
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put sb through the wringer idiom
- put sb to sth idiom
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put sb to the sword idiom
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put sb up phrasal verb
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put sb up to sth phrasal verb
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put sb's nose out of joint idiom
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put sb/sth first idiom
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SMART Thesaurus: Causing things to happen
Synonyms and related words:
- -ization suffix
- -ize suffix
- agent noun (CAUSE)
- awaken (sth) in sb phrasal verb
- be associated with sth phrasal verb
- beget verb
- blaze a trail idiom
- factor noun (FACT)
- fuel noun
- instigate verb
- instigator noun
- introduce verb (PUT INTO USE)
- plant verb (PUT)
- produce verb (CAUSE)
- produce verb (RESULT IN)
- sure adjective
- the domino effect noun
- usher sth in phrasal verb
- wreak verb
- wrought verb
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