Verb: put back pût bak
- Put something back where it belongs
"put back the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it";
- replace
- Hold back to a later time
"let's put back the exam";
- postpone, prorogue, hold over, put over, table [N. Amer], shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off
- [Brit, informal] Cost a certain amount
- set back [informal], knock back [informal]
Derived forms: puts back, put back, putting back
See also: lay
Type of: be, cost, delay, lay, place, pose, position, put, set