(transitive) To use; to utilise; to apply.

(obsolete, idiomatic) To take as a hypothesis; to suppose (that).

Alternative spelling of put out

Alternative spelling of put out

To implement; to execute; to carry out.

(transitive) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed. / (transitive, idiomatic, printing) To prepare (a newspaper) for printing.

(idiomatic) To execute, especially by using a sword. / (idiomatic) To severely defeat. / (idiomatic) To kill by warfare.

plural of put down

(idiomatic) To bring someone or something into a position of prominence.

Synonym of set in motion