put about

verb

1. nautical to change course or cause to change course

   we put about and headed for home

2. (tr) to make widely known

3. (tr; usually passive) to disconcert or disturb

Example Sentences

That Christmas, they put about $1,000 on his books.

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They also waived an appraisal and inspection, and put about $300,000 down.

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"Some of the scare stories put about a few months ago were perhaps a bit overblown," Maguire told BBC Sport.

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The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, he said.

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After that first winter in 2009, when he shot two deer and put about 150 pounds of meat in the freezer, a buddy invited him to an archery tournament.

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