put back

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

Example Sentences

Speaking ahead of his party's annual conference in Aberdeen, Swinney also addressed the case of an eight-year-old girl with a serious condition whose surgery has been put back by 18 months.

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Downing Street has insisted that the removals will begin "imminently" - although initial plans for a flight to Paris today were put back.

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Acorns of ancient oaks that have stood for centuries in the area are being collected and grown into young oak trees, then put back where they once stood.

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But then those hearts were put back together in a penalty shootout for the ages, which Town won 12-11.

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The mayor said that residents had collected some of the books from the ground and they have since been put back into the building.

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