put about
Britishverb
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nautical to change course or cause to change course
we put about and headed for home
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(tr) to make widely known
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(tr; usually passive) to disconcert or disturb
Example Sentences
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It’s a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo, and I can put about $55,000 down.
From MarketWatch
That could put about 30% of Uber’s mobility bookings at risk of facing the ”most direct competitive threat” from robotaxis, he said in a note to clients.
From MarketWatch
That Christmas, they put about $1,000 on his books.
From Los Angeles Times
They also waived an appraisal and inspection, and put about $300,000 down.
From MarketWatch
"Some of the scare stories put about a few months ago were perhaps a bit overblown," Maguire told BBC Sport.
From BBC
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