put before
phrasal verb
put before; putting before; puts before
: to ask (a person or group) to make a decision about (something)
The problem of downtown parking was put before the mayor/council.
We should put this question before the voters.
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Based on the protocol outlined in the 12th Amendment, the top three candidates—Jackson, Adams and Crawford—were put before the House of Representatives.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
The editorial board misses the grave threat and precedent that our politicians are putting before voters in November.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years, when the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
The five other suits put before the courts in New York Monday see familiar claims of more men and women being drugged with seemingly spiked drinks and assaulted by Combs and his entourage at parties and events, almost in the open on occasion.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 1 Dec. 2024
The editorial board misses the grave threat and precedent that our politicians are putting before voters in November.
—Reader Commentary, Baltimore Sun, 9 Aug. 2024
The push to stop changing clocks was put before Congress in the last couple of years, when the U.S. Senate unanimously approved the Sunshine Protection Act in 2022, a bill to make daylight saving time permanent.
—Emily Deletter, USA TODAY, 2 Nov. 2024
The five other suits put before the courts in New York Monday see familiar claims of more men and women being drugged with seemingly spiked drinks and assaulted by Combs and his entourage at parties and events, almost in the open on occasion.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 14 Oct. 2024
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“Put before.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/put%20before. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.
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