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put behind |
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put something behind someone or something to place something in back of someone or something. I put the box behind Mary, and she didn't even know it was there. Please put the present behind the couch where janet will not see it. put something behind somebody/something to support someone or something When America declared war, Ford put his factories behind the war effort, making huge numbers of planes, trucks, and boats in his factories. My father put his reputation - and his money - behind the reform politicians. put something behind you to decide to forget or ignore something unpleasant put away something Frank, who survived the blast, says he still hasn't put the tragedy behind him. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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He thought that now he could begin a new life, and he would put behind him all the errors, follies, and miseries of the past. Thus happily acquainted with his own merit and importance, Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence. After that occasion he appeared every evening at exactly the same hour, and always with a little bundle, to which he never alluded, and which he regularly put behind the door and left there. |
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