put back

phrasal verb

put back; putting back; puts back

1

: to return (something) to the place where it belongs

Remember to put the vacuum cleaner back in the closet after you've used it.

The books had been put back neatly on the shelf.

2

British : to change (a planned event) to start at a later date or time

They put back the game until next week.

Examples of put back in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

His remains were put back onto the landscape in Grand Teton National Park. —Charna Flam, People.com, 7 May 2025

The tube will then be put back into service while Tube No. 2 is closed for similar work. —Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 6 May 2025

There is the dream, which also surfaces in the almost supernatural briefcase in Zone that carries a record of decades of European atrocity, of putting back together the dispersed remains of the past. —Nicholas Dames, Harpers Magazine, 29 Apr. 2025

When the threat is over, the movie is put back on play. —Sonya Vseliubska, IndieWire, 28 Apr. 2025

Rhymes for put back

• aback
• anzac
• attack
• backpack
• backtrack
• bareback
• blackjack
• brownback
• buyback
• callback
• cognac
• comeback