put to

Verb

Meaning

put to (third-person singular simple present puts to, present participle putting to, simple past and past participle put to)

To ask or pose a question, or make a proposal or suggestion.
I'll put it to the committee and see what they say.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

approach shutter

Related terms

put in put to the test

Examples

Does not the gratitude of the dog put to shame any man who is ungrateful to his benefactors? Basil of Caesarea

Sanity is madness put to good use. George Santayana

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy. Thomas Aquinas

The greatest king must at last be put to bed with a shovel. Russian Proverb

A man with a cross eye shall be put to the torch. Zambian Proverb

Who laughs at beggar's staff and roundhouse will be put to prison himself. Estonian Proverb

Close letter words and terms

put through the mangle put through the mill put through the wringer put to bed put to bed with a shovel put to better use