Verb
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.
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