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put something to1Submit something to (someone) for consideration or attention: we are making a takeover bid and putting an offer to the shareholders...- Members of the public will not be allowed to speak at the extraordinary meeting next Monday but are able to put questions to the council, which had to be submitted by February 16.
- Detailed questions were put to 200 farmers across the South West region relating to their businesses and personal development.
- Just a few weeks ago, this question was put to more than 3,000 Americans: ‘Can you tell me the name of the current secretary of defense.’.
Synonyms submit, present, tender, offer, proffer, advance, suggest, propose; set before, lay before 1.1 ( put it to) [with clause] Make a statement or allegation to (someone) and challenge them to deny it: I put it to him that he was just a political groupie...- I put it to him that the invitation may have signalled his coming of age.
- I put it to him that there doesn't seem to be much law in this process.
- We put it to her that radio adverts or adverts on newspaper sites might be preferable to communicating via bulk email.
2Devote something to (a particular use or purpose): they put the land to productive use...- The purposes that technology can be put to can be good or bad.
- I'm trying to put the time to good purpose by working.
- ‘Like the gun industry, their exceptional product can be put to bad purposes,’ he says.
3Couple an animal with (another of the opposite sex) for breeding: he put the stallion to the mare Grove Chance...- I put your stallion to the mare I raised.
- He won't put his Stallion to mares that aren't correct as it pulls down his horse!
- If you were to put him to a cob mare you would get a slighter sort of foal.
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