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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.

See also: behind, put

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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. Of Human Bondage by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context Thus happily acquainted with his own merit and importance, Mr Podsnap settled that whatever he put behind him he put out of existence. Our Mutual Friend by Dickens, Charles View in context 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. David Copperfield by Dickens, Charles View in context			put a price on put a rocket under put a smile on face Put a sock in it! put a spanner in the works put a spin on put a spoke in wheel put a spotlight on put a stop to put a strain on put above put across put ahead put all eggs in one basket put among put an amount of time in on put an animal down put an animal out put an end to put aside put at a premium put at an amount put at disposal put away put balls on put behind put behind one put best foot forward put by put cards on the table put dibs on put down as bad put down in black and white put down roots put down to put down to experience put eye out put face on put feet up put finger on put flesh on put foot down put foot in it put foot in mouth put foot to the floor put forth put forward put hair on chest put hair up put hand in pocket put hand on heart			put at hazard put at interest put at stake put away put away put away put away put away put away put back put back put back put back put back put back into put back into put back into put back into put back into service put back the clock put back the clock put back the clock put back up put back up put back up put back up put back up put balls on put before put before put behind put behind bars put behind bars put behind one put beside put best foot forward put best foot forward put best foot forward put best foot forward put best foot forward put beyond the protection of the law Put bond Put Bonds put by put by put by put by put by Put Call Futures Parity Put Call Parity Put Call Ratio Put Call Ratios put cards on the table put cards on the table put cards on the table put cards on the table Put case put close together put dibs on put differently put down

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