put (something) into practice
idiom
: to use (something) in actual situations
Her advice is good, but it's hard to put into practice.
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The law banning alcohol sales while the polls were open was changed in 2010, and was put into practice for the first time during the 2012 election.
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Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
Trump said his transition team will work to put into practice an agenda that includes tax cuts, mass deportations of migrants, expansion of the U.S. energy industry, and making non-political government employees more beholden to the White House.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
Ryan Ficken, the Chargers’ special teams coordinator, had his players watch a video of the Hall of Fame exhibition game Thursday between the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans in Canton, Ohio, to see how the new rules would be put into practice.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
Still, the principle of outlawing the two regimes that brought so much death and destruction to Ukraine is sound, even if the implementation of this bill may lead to some protest as it is put into practice.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2015
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Katie Wiseman, The Indianapolis Star, 15 Aug. 2024
Trump said his transition team will work to put into practice an agenda that includes tax cuts, mass deportations of migrants, expansion of the U.S. energy industry, and making non-political government employees more beholden to the White House.
—David Jackson, USA TODAY, 16 Aug. 2024
Ryan Ficken, the Chargers’ special teams coordinator, had his players watch a video of the Hall of Fame exhibition game Thursday between the Chicago Bears and the Houston Texans in Canton, Ohio, to see how the new rules would be put into practice.
—Elliott Teaford, Orange County Register, 2 Aug. 2024
Still, the principle of outlawing the two regimes that brought so much death and destruction to Ukraine is sound, even if the implementation of this bill may lead to some protest as it is put into practice.
—Alexander J. Motyl, Foreign Affairs, 28 Apr. 2015
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