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Definition of "put in" [put in]

  • To place inside. (verb)
  • To apply, request, or submit. (verb)
  • To contribute. (verb)

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Use "put in" in a sentence
  • "We talk awhile and I get something of a condensed history of the district—it has been around nearly a hundred years and the high-line—the elevated train track that runs from midtown to the Meatpacking District—was built in the forties so that the meat, which was ferried across from New Jersey, could be put in refrigerated train cars and brought downtown from the ferry landing at Thirty-fourth Street."
  • "After asking around, they were put in touch with Don McNamee."
  • "“Okay,” he said, a bit chagrined to be put in a position of weakness, but still needing the help that only the Human Car Wash of Self-Esteem can provide."