put sth to sb
— phrasal verb with put uk/pʊt/us/pʊt/verb present participle putting, past tense and past participle put
to suggest an idea or plan to someone so that they can consider it or discuss it:
"Shall we all go out for a pizza tonight?" "I don't know. I'll put it to Jim and see what he says."
[ + that ] formal I put it to you (= I believe it to be true), Ms Dawson, that you were in the building at the time of the murder.
to ask someone a question:
I have a question I want to put to you.
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Suggestions & proposals
- about
- float
- get at sth
- grab
- hint
- how about...? idiom
- how does... grab you? idiom
- how/what about...? idiom
- it wouldn't hurt you to do sth idiom
- might
- nudge
- offer
- on the table idiom
- point sb towards/in the direction of sth idiom
- postulate
- proposal
- propose
- put
- put ideas into sb's head idiom
- table
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