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

While the incident took place in April, the museum released the security footage (with the couple’s faces blurred) earlier this month, once the artwork had been repaired and put back on display. —Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 20 June 2025

But no signs of verifiable ownership meant the cat would be designated as a community cat — sterilized, vaccinated, marked with an ear clip and put back where they were found to be free-roaming. —Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 June 2025

Trying to put back any remnants of normal for these people — my mom, my dad, the poor family who lived next door. —Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 11 Apr. 2025

Phillips was put back in the Tennessee game after sustaining the knee injury. —Chris Perkins, Sun Sentinel, 11 June 2025

Rhymes for put back

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