put back

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

Hines put back a Mullins miss from beyond the arc with a one-handed jam and Landrew went on a personal 11-3 run with makes from all three levels. — Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Oct. 2026

Now, a coalition of conservation, history and science organizations are fighting in court to get the Acadia signs and hundreds of other items put back. — ABC News, 22 Oct. 2026

Reminders of what’s missing Three-and-a-half hours through traffic took the sisters home, for another reunion, another piece of the family put back together with a very, very long embrace from their mom, Nancy. — Norma Galeana, CNN Money, 18 Oct. 2026

The idea of putting back in material that some people still considered to be offensive. — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 18 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for put back

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