put about

verb

Definition of put aboutnext
as in to come about

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Recent Examples of put about According to the criminal complaint, Kubiak put about $4,600 back into the account in the form of one check from her personal account and multiple FanDuel deposits. — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026 On something huge like a North Sea passenger ferry or a freighter, just stopping the ship can take miles to accomplish, never mind putting about. — David Szondy april 19, New Atlas, 19 Apr. 2026 Tarrant County commissioners unanimously decided on Tuesday to put about a quarter mile of road up for sale in hopes of relinquishing control over the stretch. — Rachel Royster, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Apr. 2026 Cloobeck endorsed the congressman and put about $1 million into an independent expenditure committee backing him. — Seema Mehta, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for put about
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put about
  1. come about
  2. turn back
  3. come round
  4. set out
  5. set off
  6. reverse
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  • We were inspired from how many great discoveries that went on to revolutionize science and medicine came about from looking around in nature and finding these odd things—PCR [polymerase chain reaction] tests, for example, or CRISPR.
    — Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The pickup comes about three months after Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed concluded its first season.
    — Rick Porter, HollywoodReporter, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of come about
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  • Among those rescued was Chinese tourist Weiwei Zhao, who had been trekking with a friend but turned back because of heavy snowfall.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 12 Oct. 2026
  • Forty percent of the broad market index is made up of tech stocks, which have surged recently as investors — wary of higher interest rates — turn back to those companies most able to weather any sudden downturn.
    — Sarah Min, CNBC, 8 Oct. 2026
Definition of turn back
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  • But after seven wins in nine games, even some of Carrick’s more sceptical colleagues from playing days must be coming round to his candidacy by now.
    — Mark Critchley, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2026
  • Smalls come round and large pizzas are sheet-pan-style.
    — Gail Ciampa, The Providence Journal, 5 Mar. 2026
Definition of come round
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  • Riel Karmy-Jones KC is leading the prosecution and set out the case against Brand.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Vladimir Putin long ago set out to mock the United States for its hypocrisies.
    — David Remnick, New Yorker, 11 Oct. 2026
Definition of set out
Verb
  • This is adorned with two oval inlaid embroidery inserts accented with rhinestones and set off by a yellow lining, depicting the encounter between a woman seated in profile and a small Cupid.
    — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Dropping two cylinders and losing almost three liters of displacement means there’s no option for shaking a garage on its foundations or setting off car alarms while waiting for a red light.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of set off
Verb
  • Yet neither these prescriptions nor these assets have been enough to reverse France’s decline over the past two decades.
    — Nicholas Bequelin, Time, 16 Oct. 2026
  • Its security relies on the belief that there’s no efficient algorithm capable of reversing the mathematical operations at its core.
    — Chris Stokel-Walker, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2026
Definition of reverse

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