put back
Britishverb
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to return to its former place
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to move to a later time or date
the wedding was put back a fortnight
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to delay or impede the progress of
the strike put back production severely
Example Sentences
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The case has been put back until April because of a delay involving the disclosure of sensitive documents.
From BBC
Local polls in nine areas, including Suffolk, East and West Sussex, and Essex, have already been put back once, having originally been scheduled for May 2025.
From BBC
To finish, put back the cooked sausage and chicken and serve over rice.
From Salon
So lethal removal was put back on the table.
From Los Angeles Times
The decision on mass layoffs was “inevitable,” according to Schulman, “because if we don’t have enough money to put back into our value proposition to customers, we are going to continue to shrink.”
From Barron's
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