if a ship puts in, it stops at a port
to choose someone for a job or position, especially an important one
to elect a politician to a parliament or a political party to govern a country
to fix something such as equipment in the place where it will be used and make it ready to use
to give something such as your trust or responsibility for your safety to someone or something
to invest money in a business or an account
to make an official request, claim, offer etc
to say something that interrupts someone who is speaking
to spend a particular amount of time doing something, or to make a particular amount of effort in order to do something
After a while I even managed to put in a few words myself, and got drawn into a couple of conversations.
And if they weren't already in place, extra security programs would be put in the computer.
He put in a bid of $1 million for the company.
He was fifty-eight years old and had already put in enough time to retire with a nice pension.
Labour had been put in with a large majority.
That's the real test of a theory, son, how much of it you're willing to put in writing.
They had put all their hopes in him.
They must have put in a lot of work to achieve such an interesting exhibition.
They put in a new manager to try and improve sales.
They’re coming to put the new kitchen in next week.
To start up the business, they each put in £50,000.
Wendy has been putting in more hours at the office recently.
We’re having a burglar alarm put in.
Why don’t you put in a claim for the damage?
You do realize you’re putting your life in his hands?
You have to put your faith in the pilot when you’re flying.
‘Why don’t you ask them?’ he suddenly put in.
puts in
putting in
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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