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Collocations for put - verb

ADVERB

cleverly (BrE), eloquently, well
I thought you put your points very well.
badly
gently, tactfully
bluntly, crudely
simply, succinctly
Put simply, we accept their offer or go bankrupt.
mildly (ironic)
I was annoyed, to put it mildly (= I was extremely angry).

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PHRASES

to put it another way
He was too trusting—or, to put it another way, he had no head for business.

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Put is used with these nouns as the subject:
win

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Put is used with these nouns as the object:
ad, advert, advertisement, ban, bet, blame, bomb, bullet, burden, capital, case, ceiling, clip, complexion, confidence, constraint, cost, cross, curb, curse, cursor, dent, embargo, emphasis, end, energy, faith, finger, focus, foot, halt, hand, head, hope, initial, knife, limit, money, moratorium, motion, needle, palm, perspective, point of view, premium, pressure, query, question, question mark, restriction, saving, signature, slant, sparkle, spell, spin, spotlight, squeeze, stamp, stitch, strain, strength, stress, surcharge, tag, tax, time, touch, trust, value, watch, weight

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