Vocabulary
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Bully, treat badly(separable)
“My boss likes to PUSH us AROUND.”
Get in a queue without waiting(inseparable)
“She just PUSHED IN the queue in front of me at the supermarket checkout.”
Go away (imperative)
“She PUSHED OFF and swam the length of the pool.”
Continue
“They ran into problems but decided to PUSH ON regardless.”
Force someone to leave(separable)
“Even though she was a popular leader,they PUSHED her OUT.”
Push someone or something with enough force to make them or it fall(separable)
“He PUSHED the glass OVER and spilled the drink.”
Force something to be accepted or legal(separable)
“They PUSHED the regulations THROUGH despite the opposition.”
Communicate, convey a message
“He found it difficult to PUT ACROSS what he wanted to say at the meeting.”
Store something. Put something back in the correct place(separable)
“She PUT the dictionary AWAY after she'd finished the crossword.”
Rearrange something for a later time(separable)
“The AGM has been PUT BACK until July the seventeenth.”
Save for the future(separable)
“I try to PUT some money BY every month towards our summer holiday.”
Kill an animal because it's old, ill, etc.(separable)
“He had his dog PUT DOWN because it was in a lot of pain from its tumours.Stop holding (but withdraw support gently)”
Commit to make a payment(separable)
“PUT me DOWN FOR 50p per mile.”
Give as an explanation(separable)
“We need to PUT DOWN TO before someone notices.”
Propose, suggest or nominate(separable)
“She PUT FORWARD a plan to cut costs.”
Install(separable)
“They had to PUT IN a whole new central heating system because the house was so cold.”
Make a request(inseparable)
“He PUT IN FOR a transfer to the new branch.”
Postpone(separable)
“The concert's been PUT OFF until next month because the singer's got a throat infection.”
Get fat(separable)
“He's PUT ON a lot of weight since he gave up smoking.”
Broadcast(separable)
“Several charities PUT OUT an appeal on TV for money for the victims of the flooding in Mozambique.”
Successfully execute (a scam, trick, etc.)(separable)
“They PUT OVER a clever practical joke on us.”
Connect someone by phone(separable)
“Could you PUT me THROUGH to extension 259 please.”
Assemble(separable)
“I PUT TOGETHER the bookcase I bought at Ikea.”
Make a financial contribution(separable)
“She PUT $250 TOWARDS the cost of the repairs and we had to pay the rest.”
