put sth out
(MAKE WRONG) — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› If a mistake puts out a set of mathematical calculations, it causes them to be wrong: That one error put the figures out by several thousand pounds.Making mistakes
(Definition of put sth out (MAKE WRONG) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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put sth out of your mind idiom
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put sth out phrasal verb (GIVE WORK)
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put sth out phrasal verb (INJURE)
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put sth out phrasal verb (LIGHT)
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put sth out phrasal verb (MAKE AVAILABLE)
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put sth out phrasal verb (MOVE FORWARD)
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put sth out phrasal verb (STOP BURNING)
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put sth over/across phrasal verb
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put sth to bed idiom
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put sth to sb phrasal verb
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Synonyms and related words:
- balls (sth) up phrasal verb
- blunder verb (MISTAKE)
- bodge noun, verb
- boob verb
- botch verb
- confuse verb
- drop the ball idiom
- err verb
- famous last words idiom
- fault noun (MISTAKE)
- goof verb
- misdirect verb
- mistake verb
- of your own making idiom
- put your foot in it idiom
- sign your own death warrant idiom
- slip up phrasal verb
- stumble verb (PAUSE)
- to err is human (to forgive divine). idiom
- trip (sb) up phrasal verb (FAIL)
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