put back

phrasal verb

put back; putting back; puts back

1

: to return (something) to the place where it belongs

Remember to put the vacuum cleaner back in the closet after you've used it.

The books had been put back neatly on the shelf.

2

British : to change (a planned event) to start at a later date or time

They put back the game until next week.

Examples of put back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

As a result, despite showing glimpses of unicorn ability, Bol Bol was often put back into the bottle and placed on the shelf. —Stan Son, The Athletic, 17 Feb. 2025

It’s changed the landscape of what’s allowed to be made and the power is put back into the people's hands. —Athena Sobhan, People.com, 14 Feb. 2025

Instead of being broken apart and put back together, as Cave does with his materials, the rosettes and banisters and Corinthian capitals have been replastered, touched up, or reinforced, and the business to which the space is devoted has been updated. —Will Heinrich, New York Times, 16 Jan. 2025

The restoration took roughly a year: The car was completely taken apart and put back together with new or refurbished parts, including the engine and wood panels that made up much of the frame. —Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 7 Feb. 2025

Rhymes for put back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback