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

That photo, and several others, were subsequently put back online. —Shirsho Dasgupta, Miami Herald, 23 Dec. 2025

Trump was pictured with Epstein in one of at least 16 photos that were taken down from the DOJ website and eventually put back up after backlash. —Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 23 Dec. 2025

And they are meant to be torn apart and put back together. —Patrick Hipes, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2025

Now, the Central Arizona Project is starting to make a case for cranking up the dormant desalter and taking some of the water from the canal to put back into the river with the excess salt removed. —Brandon Loomis, AZCentral.com, 15 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for put back

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