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put back
v
1. put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" [syn: replace]
2. cost a certain amount; "my daughter's wedding set me back $20,000" [syn: set back, knock back]
Verb
1. put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"
(synonym) replace
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position, lay
(hyponym) hang up
(verb-group) supplant, replace, supersede, supervene upon
2. cost a certain amount; "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"
(synonym) set back, knock back
(hypernym) cost, be
