To put back Meaning, Definition & Usage

Definitions

1. . (a) To push or thrust backwards; hence, to hinder; to delay. (b) To refuse; to deny .

   Coming from thee, I could not put him back. Shak.

   (c) To set, as the hands of a clock, to an earlier hour. (d) To restore to the original place; to replace .

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1. (Naut.), to turn back; to return. "The French . . . had put back to Toulon." Southey.