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

The genie is out of the bottle and won't be put back in. —Jack Royston, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

With so much to put back together, making sure kids were caught up on vaccines fell on the list of priorities, Jessop said. —Erika Edwards, NBC news, 1 Nov. 2025

Despite playing before halftime, Scheierman and Walsh were not put back on the court again until the final seconds. —Jay King, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025

The premiere saw Sergeant Hank Voight’s (Jason Beghe) team trying to put the pieces back together after being disbanded, fragilely put back together again via Sarge’s usual tactics of threats and deceit. —Demetrius Patterson, HollywoodReporter, 9 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for put back

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