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Verb: put back  pût bak
  1. Put something back where it belongs
    "put back the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it";
    - replace
     
  2. 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
     
  3. [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