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put back

British  

verb

  1. to return to its former place

  2. to move to a later time or date

    the wedding was put back a fortnight

  3. to delay or impede the progress of

    the strike put back production severely
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But little of the planned redevelopment was completed and in 2024 the site was put back on the market at an asking price of £11m.

From BBC

Forcing himself upright, he filled his chest with air, put back his head and howled.

From Literature

Unsurprisingly, the unvarnished thoughts couldn’t be put back into the bottle.

From The Wall Street Journal

All this gives the affair a narcoleptic quality, where flashes of radiance are quickly overwhelmed by everything else as we’re put back into our stupor.

From The Wall Street Journal

Justice Edmonds’s handkerchief was taken out of his pocket, tied in knots and put back.

From Literature

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