| 单词 | to put in |
| 释义 | > as lemmasto put in to put in 1. transitive. a. To place within a receptacle or enclosing space; to insert, introduce; †to drive in, embed (obsolete).to put the boot in: see boot n.3 1b. to put in the needle: see needle n. 18a. ΘΚΠ the world > space > place > placing or fact of being placed in (a) position > insertion or putting in > insert or put in [verb (transitive)] to do ineOE to put ina1300 insetc1374 to throw ina1382 inducec1420 intriec1420 to set ina1425 tryc1440 enter1489 insert1529 turn1544 insere1557 infer1572 input1593 intromitc1600 introduce1695 to run in1756 a1300 Passion our Lord 200 in R. Morris Old Eng. Misc. (1872) 43 (MED) Put in..þi sweord anon in þe stude. a1325 Holy Cross (Corpus Cambr.) 63 in C. D'Evelyn & A. J. Mill S. Eng. Legendary (1956) 169 (MED) He putte in is heued as he bad and bihuld al aboute. c1395 G. Chaucer Canon's Yeoman's Tale 762 In an erthen pot..is..salt yput [v.r. ypitte] in and also papeer Biforn thise poudres that I speke of heer. a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) 5823 (MED) He put his hand in, fair in hele, And vte he drogh it als mesel [a1400 Gött. mesele]. tr. Palladius De re Rustica (Duke Humfrey) (1896) iii. 164 (MED) Yf thow sette a plaunte..Putte in a lytel moysty molde. a1500 (?c1450) Merlin 236 (MED) Ther as the mene peple were fledde in-to caves for socour, thei putt in fier, and brent hem therynne. c1515 Ld. Berners tr. Bk. Duke Huon of Burdeux (1882–7) xl. 130 When ther shypp was garnysshed, they put in theyr horses and ther armure. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. D7v Some put in naughty wool, and cause it to be spun & drawne into a very small thred. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iv. i. 43 And now about the Cauldron sing..Inchanting all that you put in . View more context for this quotation 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre iv. vi. 66 in Wks. II Come put in his legge in the middle roundell. 1704 Clarendon's Hist. Rebellion III. xi. 200 When the Coffin was put in, the black Velvet Pall that had cover'd it was thrown over it. 1747 H. Glasse Art of Cookery vii. 70 Butter the Inside before you put in your Batter. 1859 Ld. Tennyson Vivien in Idylls of King 118 A Gardener putting in a graff. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks xii The old gentleman puts in his head at the door. 1910 Chambers's Jrnl. Feb. 103/2 The methylator had not the slightest interest in putting in one drop more naphtha than the Excise officials compelled him to utilise. 1951 S. Plath Jrnl. July (2000) 79 Almost decided to put in hot coals to warm the sheets. 2005 D. Cowie Owen Noone & Marauder 291 I'd found our first album earlier... I put it in and pressed play. b. spec. (a) To place (seed or plants) in the ground; to sow, plant. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > sowing > sow seed [verb (transitive)] sowc1000 besowc1175 inseminate1623 to put in1657 sprain1744 shed1770 to get in1771 seminate1796 broadcast1807 seed1814 the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > planting > plant plants [verb (transitive)] setc725 planteOE impc1420 enroot1490 implant1610 to put in1657 to plant out1664 to put out1699 to stop in1826 to put down1865 1657 R. Ligon True Hist. Barbados 69 We will put in a plant amongst the trees,..that is so like a sugar Cane as hardly to be discern'd, the one from the other. 1731 P. Miller Gardeners Kalendar 40 Continue to put in Beans and Pease every fortnight, that there may be a succession of them through the season. 1798 C. Marshall Introd. Knowl. & Pract. Gardening (ed. 2) iv. 50 Plants..are best put in by a small spade or trowel. 1845 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 6 ii. 425 Oats..are put in with the grass seeds in one ploughing. 1941 C. Milburn Diary 1 June (1979) 99 I..put in the rest of the snaps after raking out the rest of the tulips. 1973 A. Christie Postern of Fate ii. ii. 69 It's about time..you thought of putting some vegetables in. 2002 Water Gardener July 32 When the Calverts had cleared the ground and were ready for planting, they put in all kinds of bog plants. (b) To place (a horse, etc.) between the shafts of a cart, in a harness, etc.; to harness to a vehicle. Cf. sense 11f and to put to 2c at Phrasal verbs 1. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > farming > animal husbandry > keeping or management of horses > horse-gear > [verb (transitive)] > tack or harness harness13.. putc1550 to put in1709 tackle1714 to put to1732 reharness1775 crupper1787 crup1880 tack1946 society > travel > means of travel > a conveyance > vehicle > cart, carriage, or wagon > [verb (transitive)] > yoke (a horse, cart, or carriage) join1377 couple1393 bind1535 to put in1709 to put to1732 to hook up1825 inspan1834 1709 D. Manley Secret Mem. 158 The Priestess..call'd for her Coachman, and bid him put in his Horses, for away would she go. 1814 J. Austen Let. 2 Mar. (1995) 255 We therefore did no more..than..sit in the Carriage while fresh Horses were put in, and proceeded directly to Cobham. 1841 C. Dickens Barnaby Rudge xxi. 55 The horse was accordingly put in, and the chaise brought round. 1891 Strand Mag. Jan. 90/2 Tell them to put the horses in at once. 1920 D. H. Lawrence Women in Love xxiv. 365 You want to go?.. I'll just have a horse put in. 1987 Carriage Driving Spring 32/3 Your horse certainly does not want to be put in too tightly, but..it is simplicity itself to adjust properly made harness. ΘΚΠ society > communication > correspondence > sending items > send items [verb (transitive)] > put in post to put in1711 letterbox1807 mail1827 post1837 1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 15 Dec. (1948) II. 439 I put in my letter this evening myself. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 122 When I came to the Post-House, as I went to put in my Letter, I saw a Man..talking to another. 1800 J. Hughes New Law List 241 Letters, whether from town or country, may be put in at either of the Two Principal Offices at least half an hour later for each Dispatch. 1844 R. Chambers Vestiges Nat. Hist. Creation 312 The number of letters put in without addresses is year by year the same. (d) To install (a fixture or feature) in a building, etc. ΚΠ 1880 Decatur (Illinois) Daily Republican 27 Jan. Haworth & Sons were among the first to subscribe for a phone, but the company was a little tardy in putting in the instrument. 1898 Weekly Gaz. (Colorado) 28 Dec. 15/6 Roberts & Bischoff, general contractors, erected the building; St. John Brothers put in the plumbing, steam and gas fitting, etc.; the El Paso Electric company installed the electric equipment. 1922 E. von Arnim Enchanted April (1989) 224 This bath had been put in lately, and was at once the pride and the terror of the servants. 1962 H. Jennings Societies in Making iv. 182 What's the use of trying to do repairs and decorations or re-tile the kitchen or put in a bathroom till we know what's happening to the street. 1984 ‘A. Cross’ Sweet Death, Kind Death (1988) xiii. 152 They put in a swimming pool some years ago, and recently they planted a lawn. 2006 Chicago Tribune (Midwest ed.) 15 Jan. x. 19/2 We're gonna put in showroom-style flooring and a sound system. 2. transitive. a. To install or appoint (a person) as the occupant of a particular office or position, to fulfil a particular function, etc. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > appointment to office > appoint a person to an office [verb (transitive)] setc1000 stevenOE assign1297 inseta1300 stable1300 ordaina1325 instituec1384 to put ina1387 limitc1405 point?1405 stablish1439 institutec1475 invest1489 assumec1503 to fill the hands of1535 establish1548 settle1548 appoint1557 place1563 assumptc1571 dispose1578 seat1595 state1604 instate1613 to bring ina1616 officea1616 constitute1616 impose1617 ascribe1624 install1647 to set up1685 prick1788 a1387 J. Trevisa tr. R. Higden Polychron. (St. John's Cambr.) (1879) VII. 7 Whanne Odo was dede, þis Elsinus..gat slyliche a maundmente of þe kyng, and was i-put in [?a1475 anonymous translation was electe; L. intrusus est] at Caunterbury. c1390 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale 790 God forleseth the chirche..by hem that yeuen chirches to hem that ben nat digne, for they putten in theues that stelen the soules of Iesu Crist. a1450 (?1409) St. Patrick's Purgatory (Royal) 58 (MED) I was put in by þe prior of seint Mathew. c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 21 Alssua jn the tyme of ane othir pape Benait was grete errour..for he was put out, and ane othir forsabily put jn. a1525 in W. A. Craigie Asloan MS (1923) I. 232/6 The quene..put in new keparis in the castellis of Edinburgh [etc.]. 1595 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 3 ii. ii. 92 You..Haue causde him by new act of Parlement To blot our brother out, and put his owne son in. 1666 S. Pepys Diary 24 June (1972) VII. 180 He doth plainly diminish the commanders put in by the Duke. 1675 W. Cave Apparatus ii. p. xxxiv, in Bp. J. Taylor & W. Cave Antiquitates Christianæ He thrust out Onias the High Priest, and put in his brother Jason. 1745 R. Pococke Descr. East II. i. iv. viii. 267 The archbishop is put in by the patriarch of Constantinople. 1859 ‘G. Eliot’ Adam Bede III. iv. xxxiii. 341 The old Squire..had been obliged to put in a new bailiff. 1887 S. Baring-Gould Gaverocks xxii She..had to put in a couple, as caretakers, at so much per week. 1905 Sunday Gaz. & Tel. (Colorado Springs, Colorado) 12 Feb. The nephew who inherited it put in a caretaker. 1982 F. McGuinness Factory Girls i. 5/2 If this factory is in such a bad state why was a young fella put in to do a man's job? 1990 D. DiMaggio & B. Gilbert Real Grass, Real Heroes xii. 161 They were liable to get fired, and Gus would be put in as manager. b. Cricket. (a) To send (a player) in as batter; (b) to decide, having won the toss, that (a team, typically the opposing one) will go into bat, esp. first. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (person) in to bat to put in1823 to send in1857 society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > batting > bat [verb (transitive)] > put (team) in to bat first to put in1823 to send in1912 1823 Lady's Mag. July 390/2 David Willis, who, injudiciously put in first..was bowled out, without a stroke, from actual nervousness. 1836 New Sporting Mag. Oct. 360 Eton having won the toss, put Winchester in. 1888 A. G. Steel in A. G. Steel & R. H. Lyttelton Cricket (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) iv. 200 It is as well not to put in two hard-hitters together if possible, as it often tends to make one hit against the other. 1900 P. F. Warner Cricket in Many Climes 212 Lord Hawke, on winning the toss, put the other side in. 1976 J. Snow Cricket Rebel 78 It was to be his last as captain, after putting the Australians in and then losing the match. 2006 Daily Post (N. Wales) (Nexis) 27 June 34 Put in after Denbighshire had won the toss, Gwynedd set a challenging total of 223-6. 3. a. transitive. To present formally, submit, or tender (a document, evidence, a plea, surety, etc.), esp. in a law court or to an official body. In later use frequently more generally: to make or register (an offer to purchase, a bid, a claim, etc.). ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > [verb (transitive)] > lay before court leadc825 presenta1325 pursue1384 propone1400 to put in1447 enterc1503 table1504 to bring in1602 deduce1612 lodge1708 lay1798 to bring up1823 1447 in S. A. Moore Lett. & Papers J. Shillingford (1871) 19 (MED) Hit was seyde apoune the answerys of the Bysshop, Deane, and Chapitre, put yn and we to replye. 1459 J. Bokkyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) II. 187 Þere be many and diuerse particuler billes put jnne but noon redde ner touchyng vs. 1557 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 265 Putyng yn suffycyent suirty for the payment. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) v. iii. 287 Kin. To prison with her... Dia. Ile put in baile my liedge. 1654 in C. H. Firth Clarke Papers (1899) III. 11 The Court ordered him a coppie thereof, and 14 dayes time to putt in his answere. 1742 H. Fielding Joseph Andrews II. iv. ii. 181 If they have put in the Banns, I desire you will publish them no more without my Orders. View more context for this quotation 1781 D. Williams tr. Voltaire Dramatic Wks. II. 281 Colette may put in a claim. 1829 Examiner 716/2 The conduct of Mr. Mores, in putting in an execution under these circumstances. 1835 J. J. Strang Diary 24 June in M. M. Quaife Kingdom of St. James (1930) 228 The officer refused to take me in custody and I went alone and put in bail. 1891 Law Times Rep. 63 733/1 At the trial..the plaintiff..put in an information sworn by the defendant. 1936 J. Cary Afr. Witch i. 11 He had already put in a formal claim. 1988 Oxf. Jrnl. Legal Stud. 8 351 On 15 March [1882] he put in a distress for that rent. 2000 A. Taylor Where Roses Fade (2003) xvi. 126 I've put in an offer for the house, Richard. Shipston accepted it this afternoon. b. intransitive. To present or advance one's own claim; to offer oneself as a candidate; to enter, bid, or apply for. Formerly also (with for): †to claim to be something specified (obsolete).In quot. a16161: to plead or intercede for a person. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > easiness > aid, help, or assistance > intercession or influence on someone's behalf > intercede or use influence for [verb (transitive)] entreata1425 mediate1578 to put ina1616 to speak up1705 society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > claim to be claimc1330 to figure for1596 to put ina1616 society > authority > office > appointment to office > choosing or fact of being chosen for office > choose for office [verb (transitive)] > offer oneself for stand1467 to put ina1616 to declare for1669 society > society and the community > dissent > competition or rivalry > compete with [verb (transitive)] > enter a competition for to put in1712–13 a1616 W. Shakespeare Measure for Measure (1623) i. ii. 92 They had gon down to, but that a wise Burger put in for them. View more context for this quotation a1616 W. Shakespeare Timon of Athens (1623) iii. iv. 85 Luci. Put in now Titus. Tit. My Lord, heere is my Bill. View more context for this quotation 1627 J. Ussher Let. in R. Parr Life J. Usher (1686) Coll. cxvi. 376 Many most unfit Persons are now putting in for that place. a1640 J. Fletcher & P. Massinger Spanish Curat i. i, in F. Beaumont & J. Fletcher Comedies & Trag. (1647) sig. E2/2 A woman..whose all-excelling Forme Disdaines comparison with any She That puts in for a faire one. 1712–13 R. Steele Guardian No. 6. ⁋5 He puts in for the Queen's plate every year. 1741 C. Middleton Hist. Life Cicero I. vi. 530 Clodius was putting in at the same time for the Prætorship. 1821 Ld. Byron Let. 2 Aug. (1978) VIII. 165 I know no man who looks so well for his years... So don't talk of decay, but put in for eighty. 1892 Sat. Rev. 16 July 65/1 Opposition without mercy to every Minister who puts in for re-election. 1903 Everyday Electr. I. 1 The competent contractor..will find it worth while to ‘put in’ for the work. 1974 J. McGahern Leavetaking ii. 177 When you put in for that leave of absence I supported you. 2003 Smash Hits! 12 Nov. 8/3 His spies tell him that Jamie put in for his test after just one lesson. 4. a. intransitive. To go in, enter; spec. (a) Nautical to enter a port or harbour, esp. as a deviation from the intended course (cf. sense 9c); †(b) to make an informal call or chance visit to a house, to drop in (obsolete); (c) Falconry (of quarry) to fly into cover for safety. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > [verb (intransitive)] > reach land or port > temporarily touch1511 to put in1598 society > leisure > social event > visit > visiting > visit [verb (intransitive)] > visit informally to call in1573 to drop in1609 to look ina1616 to come round1620 to go round1636 to put in1668 to go around1742 to happen in1749 to run in and out1779 to come around1822 to pop in and out1846 to happen in with1883 to stop in1904 stop1905 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > quarry > action of quarry [verb (intransitive)] > fly to covert to put in1883 a1500 Rule Minoresses in W. W. Seton Two 15th Cent. Franciscan Rules (1914) 98 (MED) Ouer þat certayne nomber..none be resseyuid in þe same hous wiþowte special licence..it schal be þan ordeynid how many persones may þer putte inne ouer the nombre of olde time. 1598 W. Phillip tr. J. H. van Linschoten Disc. Voy. E. & W. Indies i. i. 1/2 Lisbone, where some of our Fleet put in, and left vs. a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 66 Cas. Now, who has put in? 2 Gent. Tis one Iago. View more context for this quotation 1668 S. Pepys Diary 16 Feb. (1976) IX. 72 Mr. Hollier put in and dined with my wife and me. 1704 Boston News-let. 23 Oct. 2/2 He was bound for Boston, but proving very Leaky put in here. 1799 tr. F.-G. Ducray-Duminil Ambrose & Eleanor 123 He acts the same with respect to vessels which unfortunately put in here for repairs. 1858 R. M. Ballantyne Coral Island xxiii. 277 The only place among the southern islands where a ship can put in and get what she wants in comfort. 1883 F. H. Salvin & W. Brodrick Falconry in Brit. Isles (new ed.) Gloss. 152 The place..where the quarry has ‘put in’. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 436/1 A decree requiring that every vessel navigating within sight of its lights should put in there. 1970 T. Williams Let. 2 Dec. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 221 We put in at Honololu on Xmas Eve. 1992 E. Ford Falconry: Art & Pract. xiii. 160/1 Young grouse will sometime put in on short or burnt heather where they have no cover. ΘΚΠ society > travel > travel by water > action or motion of vessel > [verb (transitive)] > drive (of weather, etc.) put1511 to put in?1614 the world > food and drink > hunting > hawking > action of hawk > [verb (transitive)] > drive into water or covert enew1486 to put in1826 ?1614 G. Chapman tr. Homer Odysses ix. 131 Whom stormes put in there, are with stay embrac't. 1633 J. Winthrop Hist. New Eng. (1825) (modernized text) I. 115 The Richard..was forced to bear up, and was put in at Weymouth. 1795 Ld. Nelson Let. 25 July in Pearson's Catal. (1886) No. 9. 29 The Agamemnon is put in here by bad weather. 1826 J. S. Sebright Observ. Hawking (1828) 25 If the bird is put in, the second may be in the right style, as the hawk will then have time to get up to his pitch. 1867 M. Gibaud in W. B. Stewart Life on Line (1997) vii. 92 The Government Schooner La Canadienne arrived here 4th instant, put in by bad weather. 1891 J. E. Harting Bibliotheca Accipitraria Gloss. 226 A Goshawk,..having ‘put in’ a covey of partridges,..takes stand, marking the spot where they disappeared from view. 5. transitive. To supply or provide in addition; to insert as an addition or supplement; to add. ΚΠ 1578 T. Tymme tr. J. Calvin Comm. Genesis 314 We must put in the casuall [read causal] word Fear not Abram: bycause I am thy buckler. a1640 P. Massinger City-Madam (1658) ii. ii. 153 These are arts Would not mis-become you, though you should put in Obedience and duty. 1643 J. Angier Lancashires Valley of Achor 7 But when God put the work into their hands, he put in skill. 1706 Phillips's New World of Words (new ed.) False Quarter,..is an unsound Quarter [of a horse's hoof], seeming like a piece put in, and not all entire. 1805 W. Cruise Digest Laws Eng. Real Prop. V. 114 Amended and rectified, by putting in the words St. Stephen's near. 1858 E. Lynn Linton Thro' Long Night ii. v He..put in an untrained bass to her well-taught soprano. 1891 B. J. L. Adams Bonnie Kate I. i. 17 As though a painter had touched them with a brush fresh from ‘putting in’ a sunset. 1903 W. D. Howells Lett. Home ii. 17 That would allow me to put in some Thackeray touches..and I could use my own experience. 1955 K. Amis Let. 27 Feb. (2000) 422 I have put in a gloss on ‘hwyl’, which is such a well-known Welsh word that I should like to retain it. 2003 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 20 Apr. ii. 28/1 String parts are sent to the principal players, who study them and put in bowing directions. 6. a. transitive. To interpose (a blow, shot, etc.); to intervene with; to get in (a word or remark). Also with direct speech as object.to put one's oar in: see oar n. Phrases 1. to put in one's spoke: see spoke n. 3a. to put in the leather (colloquial): to kick, esp. brutally (cf. to put the boot in at boot n.3 1b). to put in a (good) word for: to speak favourably on behalf of; to commend; cf. to say a good word for (also about) at good word n. 2. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > military equipment > operation and use of weapons > stroke with weapon > strike with a weapon [verb (transitive)] > interpose a stroke to put in1644 the mind > language > speech > interruption > interrupt (speech) [verb (transitive)] > interpose interpone1523 interpose1605 to throw in1630 to edge in1683 to put in1693 interject1791 interjaculate1853 to drag in (into)1868 to chip in1872 interpolate1881 1580 J. Lyly Euphues & his Eng. in Euphues (new ed.) f. 99 Camilla not thinking to be silent, put in hir spoake as she thought into the best wheele. 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. viii. 57 A nimble fencer will put in a thrust so quicke, that the foile will be in your bosome, when you thought it a yard off. 1678 J. Bunyan Pilgrim's Progress 207 Give me leave to put in a word. View more context for this quotation 1693 Humours & Conversat. Town 30 A Man can no more put in a word with you, than with..some of our Coffee-House Holders-forth. 1722 D. Defoe Jrnl. Plague Year 145 At last the Seaman put in a Hint that determin'd it. 1792 Ann. Reg. 1789 Chron. 199/2 After a few feints on each side, Ryan put in the first blow. 1821 Ld. Byron Don Juan: Canto IV xlix. 95 The third..took The blows upon his cutlass, and then put His own well in. 1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. I. iv. 493 Wallop sate down; and Baxter himself attempted to put in a word. 1862 Mrs. H. Wood Channings I. xi. 157 ‘Gently, Tom!’ put in Mr. Channing. 1889 C. Larking With Everything against Her III. v. 97 You may depend upon my putting in a word for you whenever I can. 1907 A. Wright Keane of Kalgoorlie 107 ‘It's red 'ot,’ put in Dave, ‘th'way these 'ere owners makes er pore man give 'em a lump in th' sweep.’ 1943 J. Phelan Lett. from Big House ii. 30 Almost before he reached the ground the party piled on him. Some punched and cursed, others..‘put in the leather’. 1961 J. B. Wilson Reason & Morals ii. 120 J. R. Lucas..even puts in a good word for the religion-game. 1996 Eat Soup Dec. 130/2 I must put in my ‘two pennyworth’ in response to Johnny Acton's Why I Hate Coriander. b. intransitive. To intervene; to interrupt. Now U.S. regional. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > activity or occupation > acting in another's business or intervention > act in another's business or intervene [verb (intransitive)] to step in1474 to go (etc.) between the bark and the tree1546 to make in1575 intermediate1610 interposea1616 to put in1631 intervene1646 to strike ina1715 to wade in1905 1631 B. Jonson Bartholmew Fayre Induct. sig. A4v in Wks. II Hee has..kick'd me three, or foure times..for but offering to putt in, with my experience. 1656 Earl of Monmouth tr. T. Boccalini Ragguagli di Parnasso i. xc. 180 Unless your Majestie put in betwixt my misery, and my Creditors rage. a1713 T. Ellwood Hist. Life (1714) 254 [A Man] of a Temper so throughly Peaceable, that he had not hitherto put in at all. 1855 Harper's Mag. Oct. 602/1 Oh, Moses, if you have any love for your brother, put in, and divide this fight! 1901 W. N. Harben Westerfelt 290 You wus tellin' me..'at the lan' an' house wus in yore name an' her'n, an' 'at I had no right to put in. 1967 in Dict. Amer. Regional Eng. (2002) IV. 393/2 Could I put in? 7. transitive. a. To contribute as (one's share of) work or duty; to perform (a spell or stint of work, etc.), esp. as part of a larger effort.to put in an appearance: see appearance n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > doing > do [verb (transitive)] > among other occupations to put in1890 1818 ‘A. Burton’ Adventures Johnny Newcome ii. 68 The phrase of, ‘putting in a watch’; We mean, we should have let you know That John was ‘Watched’, and long ago Familiarized to all the rout Of turning in and rousing out. 1890 Standard 14 Feb. 2/8 The Dark Blues resumed work yesterday..and put in some useful practice. 1892 Pict. World 9 Apr. 670/2 Nothing could induce that man to put in more than four chapels a week. 1933 M. Lowry Ultramarine 111 I've just been putting in some overtime. 1968 F. Exley Fan's Notes iii. 117 I had one more ‘tour of duty’ to put in at the funny farm. 2003 Birmingham Post (Nexis) 8 Apr. 10 We cannot pray for the harvest, without putting in our share of the work. b. colloquial. To pass or spend (a period of time) in a specified or implied activity. ΘΚΠ the world > time > spending time > spend time or allow time to pass [verb (transitive)] > in some activity spenda1300 addict1604 busy1629 to put in1863 do1897 1863 C. B. Gibson Life among Convicts II. viii. 105 A man with a sentence of twelve years, no matter how exemplary his conduct, must put in nine years. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. 308 If he had to wait for a dish of poached eggs, he must put in the time by playing on the flageolet. 1920 R. Macaulay Potterism ii. i. 67 Johnny, putting in a fairly amusing time with his own friends. 1955 J. P. Donleavy Ginger Man xix. 216 I've come back to this place after putting in a half year of loneliness. 1972 J. Aiken Butterfly Picnic i. 9 The hours I have put in hanging about for her on station platforms. 2004 Carmarthen Jrnl. (Nexis) 11 Aug. 7 Hopefully when business picks up I can put in more hours. c. To contribute or invest (money). ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > payment > contribution > contribute [verb (transitive)] contribute1530 confera1538 to scat and lot1560 to kick in1908 to put in1915 1915 W. Cather Song of Lark v. ii. 355 You'd put in your talent..and hard work, and I'd put in the money. 1932 Zanesville (Ohio) Signal 23 Apr. 1/4 ‘How much did you put in?’ ‘About $500,000.’ 1938 ‘N. West’ Let. 21 Oct. in Novels & Other Writings (1997) 788 Please don't mention a word of Joe and I having put money in to anyone... It may be a case of throwing good money after bad, but I felt I had to do it. 1995 Guardian 5 Dec. ii. 2/5 Everyone puts in £2.50 to pay for the sports hall. 8. transitive. To let in, engage (the clutch of a motor vehicle). ΘΚΠ society > travel > transport > transport or conveyance in a vehicle > driving or operating a vehicle > drive a vehicle [verb (transitive)] > drive a motor vehicle > operate clutch or gears throw1804 to put in1902 to slip (in) the clutch1904 shift1910 to let in1933 double-clutch1938 to let out1958 1902 J. E. Hutton in A. C. Harmsworth et al. Motors & Motor-driving (Badminton Libr. of Sports & Pastimes) xv. 337 When he got to the bottom he put in the clutch on the second speed, and essayed to run up the other side. 1928 J. Galsworthy Swan Song iii. iv. 246 ‘This is where I put in my clutch,’ she said, ‘as they say in the “bloods”!’ 1976 ‘E. McBain’ Guns (1977) vii. 174 Colley puts in the clutch and manipulates the gear shift. 2006 Essex Chron. (Nexis) 22 June 23 If the lights ahead turn red, gently decelerate and put the clutch in to cut the engine revs and fuel consumption. 9. transitive. Australian slang. To send to prison, to convict (cf. to put away 2f at Phrasal verbs 1). Also: to inform on, ‘turn in’ (cf. to put away 4 at Phrasal verbs 1). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > law > administration of justice > court proceedings or procedure > judging > conviction or judicial condemnation > convict or condemn [verb (transitive)] > secure the conviction of to put in1911 to sew up1927 society > communication > information > informing on or against > inform on or against [verb (transitive)] wrayc725 meldeOE bimeldena1300 forgabc1394 to blow up?a1400 outsay?a1400 detectc1449 denounce1485 ascry1523 inform1526 promote1550 peach1570 blow1575 impeach1617 wheedle1710 split1795 snitch1801 cheep1831 squeal1846 to put away1858 spot1864 report1869 squawk1872 nose1875 finger1877 ruck1884 to turn over1890 to gag on1891 shop1895 pool1907 run1909 peep1911 pot1911 copper1923 finger1929 rat1932 to blow the whistle on1934 grass1936 rat1969 to put in1975 turn1977 1885 Once Month (Melbourne) Dec. 430 As many as sixty diggers, handcuffed together like convicts, have been marched to the camp and put in the ‘logs’.] 1911 A. Wright Gambler's Gold (1923) 82 I ain't wantin' anythin' ter do with th' police... They put me in fer six weeks after your affair. 1951 S. Mackenzie Dead Men Rising i. 52 Nothing would give me greater pleasure than to put you in, only that's about the one thing I've never done in my life. 1975 Sydney Morning Herald 3 July 11/1 A lagger is someone who puts people in to the police. < as lemmas |
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