Put+in+action
101put sth in order — keep/put sth in order ► to make sure that something is done in a controlled way, or to take action in order to control something : »Huge budget cuts are inevitable in order to put public finances back in order. Main Entry: ↑order …
102put on ice — If a project or plan is put on ice, all further action has been suspended or postponed for an indefinite period of time. Plans for the nuclear power station have been put on ice …
103put up or shut up — informal if you say someone should put up or shut up, you mean they should either take action in order to do what they have been talking about or stop talking about it. You keep saying you re going to ask her out. Well, put up or shut up …
104put·out — /ˈpʊtˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] baseball : an action that causes a batter or runner on the opposite team to be out The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base for the putout. see also put out at ↑put, 1 …
105Action of 12 June 1717 — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Action of 12 June, 1717 partof=the Turkish Venetian War of 1714 1718 caption= date= 12 16 June, 1717 place= Imbros casus= territory= result= indecisive combatant1= combatant2= combatant3= commander1= commander2 …
106put forth — phrasal 1. a. assert, propose b. to make public ; issue 2. to bring into action ; exert 3. to produce or send out by growth < put forth leaves > 4. to start out …
107put one up to — phrasal to incite one to (a course of action) < they put him up to playing the prank > …
108put by — verb a) To preserve food by canning, freezing, drying, etc. Our family has been putting food by for generations. b) To perform an action without attracting attention. I managed to put that transaction by accounts payable …
109put into — phr verb Put into is used with these nouns as the object: ↑account, ↑action, ↑ambulance, ↑bag, ↑bat, ↑box, ↑circulation, ↑context, ↑effect, ↑first, ↑gear, ↑head, ↑ …
110put the boot in — to disrupt or upset through offensive behaviour or the threat of violence Literally, what a ruffian may do when he has knocked you down. Figuratively of any harmful or dishonest action: Leseter s success with the horses was achieved by… …
