put back
verb
1 put back
Put something back where it belongs.
synonym: replace.
Roget 660:
return to the original state;
recover,
rally,
revive;
come come to,
come round,
come to oneself;
pull through,
weather the storm,
be oneself again;
get well,
get round,
get the better of,
get over,
get about;
rise from one's ashes,
rise from the grave;
survive
etc.
(outlive)
110;
resume,
reappear;
come to,
come to life again;
live again,
rise again.
heal,
skin over,
cicatrize;
right itself.
restore,
put back,
place in statu quo [Lat.];
reinstate,
replace,
reseat,
rehabilitate,
reestablish,
reestate†,
reinstall.
reconstruct,
rebuild,
reorganize,
reconstitute;
reconvert;
renew,
renovate;
regenerate;
rejuvenate.
redeem,
reclaim,
recover,
retrieve;
rescue
etc.
(deliver)
672.
redress,
recure†;
cure,
heal,
remedy,
doctor,
physic,
medicate;
break of;
bring round,
set on one's legs.
resuscitate,
revive,
reanimate,
revivify,
recall to life;
reproduce
etc.
163;
warm up;
reinvigorate,
refresh
etc.
689.
make whole,
redintegrate†;
recoup
etc.
790;
make good,
make all square;
rectify,
correct;
put right,
put to rights,
set right,
set to rights,
set straight;
set up;
put in order
etc.
(arrange)
60;
refit,
recruit;
fill up,
fill up the ranks;
reinforce.
repair;
put in repair,
remanufacture,
put in thorough repair,
put in complete repair;
retouch,
refashion,
botch†,
vamp,
tinker,
cobble;
do up,
patch up,
touch up,
plaster up,
vamp up;
darn,
finedraw†,
heelpiece†;
stop a gap,
stanch,
staunch,
caulk,
calk,
careen,
splice,
bind up wounds.
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Roget 283:
recede,
regrade,
return,
revert,
retreat,
retire;
retrograde,
retrocede;
back out;
back down;
balk;
crawfish [U.S.],
crawl [Slang];
withdraw;
rebound
etc.
277;
go back,
come back,
turn back,
hark back,
draw back,
fall back,
get back,
put back,
run back;
lose ground;
fall astern,
drop astern;
backwater,
put about;
backtrack,
take the back track;
veer round;
double,
wheel,
countermarch;
ebb,
regurgitate;
jib,
shrink,
shy.
turn tail,
turn round,
turn upon one's heel,
turn one's back upon;
retrace one's steps,
dance the back step;
sound a retreat,
beat a retreat;
go home.
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Roget 184:
place,
situate,
locate,
localize,
make a place for,
put,
lay,
set,
seat,
station,
lodge,
quarter,
post,
install;
house,
stow;
establish,
fix,
pin,
root;
graft;
plant
etc.
(insert)
300;
shelve,
pitch,
camp,
lay down,
deposit,
reposit†;
cradle;
moor,
tether,
picket;
pack,
tuck in;
embed,
imbed;
vest,
invest in.
billet on,
quarter upon,
saddle with;
load,
lade,
freight;
pocket,
put up,
bag.
inhabit
etc.
(be present)
186;
domesticate,
colonize;
take root,
strike root;
anchor;
cast anchor,
come to an anchor;
sit down,
settle down;
settle;
take up one's abode,
take up one's quarters;
plant oneself,
establish oneself,
locate oneself;
squat,
perch,
hive,
se nicher [Fr.],
bivouac,
burrow,
get a footing;
encamp,
pitch one's tent;
put up at,
put up one's horses at;
keep house.
endenizen†,
naturalize,
adopt.
put back,
replace
etc.
(restore)
660.
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Dutch: terugplaatsen, terugzetten
2 put back
adjective
Roget 659:
unimproved
etc.
(improve)
etc.
658;
deteriorated
etc.
v.;
altered,
altered for the worse;
injured
etc.
v.;
sprung;
withering,
spoiling
etc.
v.;
on the wane,
on the decline;
tabid†;
degenerate;
marescent†;
worse;
the worse for,
all the worse for;
out of repair,
out of tune;
imperfect
etc.
651;
the worse for wear;
battered;
weathered,
weather-beaten;
stale,
passe,
shaken,
dilapidated,
frayed,
faded,
wilted,
shabby,
secondhand,
threadbare;
worn,
worn to a thread,
worn to a shadow,
worn to the stump,
worn to rags;
reduced,
reduced to a skeleton;
far gone;
tacky [U.S.].
decayed
etc.
v.;
moth-eaten,
worm-eaten;
mildewed,
rusty,
moldy,
spotted,
seedy,
time-worn,
moss-grown;
discolored;
effete,
wasted,
crumbling,
moldering,
rotten,
cankered,
blighted,
tainted;
depraved
etc.
(vicious)
945;
decrepid†,
decrepit;
broke,
busted,
broken,
out of commission,
hors de combat [Fr.],
out of action,
broken down;
done,
done for,
done up;
worn out,
used up,
finished;
beyond saving,
fit for the dust hole,
fit for the wastepaper basket,
past work
etc.
(useless)
645.
at a low ebb,
in a bad way,
on one's last legs;
undermined,
deciduous;
nodding to its fall
etc.
(destruction)
162;
tottering
etc.
(dangerous)
665;
past cure
etc.
(hopeless)
859;
fatigued
etc.
688;
retrograde
etc.
(retrogressive)
283;
deleterious
etc.
649.
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