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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Over the past year, I calculate I’ve saved about $453 on gasoline, having put about 11,000 miles on the vehicle.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 13, 2026
It’s a two-bedroom, two-bathroom condo, and I can put about $55,000 down.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 12, 2026
The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, he said.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2024
Official figures show that in 2023 the country's households put about 138 trillion yuan in the bank, an almost 14% increase from a year earlier.
From BBC • Apr. 30, 2024
The old man crammed his beard in his mouth and began to chew it, as he generally did when he was put about He bit through one of the hairs, which stuck between two teeth.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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