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PHRASAL VERBS WITH "PUT"
Dialog: "You know, if we had put this task force together sooner, we would have saved a lot of money."

Put can be used in a number of popular phrasal verb expressions. "To put someone through" can mean three completely distinct things depending on the context: to subject someone to an unpleasant or difficult experience; to connect someone by telephone to another person or place; or to pay for one's child to attend school or college. "To put something away" can mean to place or put back so as to clean up an area; to save money for future use; or to consume food or drink in large quantities. And "to put someone down" can mean either to physically place someone on the ground or to criticize someone. Let's see some examples.

PUT SOMEONE THROUGH

• I didn't want to put you through so much trouble for me to stay just one night. (Eu não queria te dar tanto trabalho para eu ficar só uma noite.)
• Hold on just a moment, sir, and I'll put you through. (Espere só um momento, senhor, e eu lhe transferirei.)
• We were able to put both our kids through college without taking out a loan. (Nós conseguimos pagar a faculdade dos nossos dois filhos sem pegar empréstimo.)

PUT SOMETHING AWAY

• Let me put these toys away so you can sit down. (Deixe-me colocar esses brinquedos em algum lugar para que você possa sentar.)
• My parents were able to put some money away for their retirement. (Os meus pais conseguiram economizar um pouco de dinheiro para a sua aposentadoria.)
• I can't believe how many cheeseburgers Margaret put away at lunch yesterday! (Eu não acredito quantos cheeseburgueres a Margaret comeu no almoço ontem.)

PUT SOMEONE DOWN

• Put me down before I fall down! (Me largue no chão antes que eu caia.)
• The jocks were always putting down the nerds in school. (Os atletas sempre estavam criticando os nerds na escola.)
• It's not polite to put someone down just because they are different than you are. (Não é educado criticar alguém só por ser diferente de você.)