Betekenis van put sth back In het Nederlands

• 0 to return an object to where it was before it was moved:

  • Will you put the books back when you've finished with them?

• 1 to delay a planned event:

  • We had to put the meeting back a week.

• 2 to drink something quickly, especially a large amount of alcohol:

  • He regularly puts back six pints a night - I don't know how he does it.

• 3 to change a clock or watch to make it show an earlier time, for example because you are now in a part of the world where the time is different

• 4 to return something to where it belongs:

  • I phoned pointing out that there had been no mistake on my account and demanded that the money be put back.

  • Money spent on new facilities isn't just buried in a hole somewhere, it's spent on construction and put back into the economy.

  • Our company sponsors local sport and arts because we want to put something back into the community.

• 5 to arrange for something to happen later than originally planned:

  • A ruling had been expected by the end of April, but has been put back a further month.

• 6 to cause a delay in something:

  • The hurricane put back the completion of the projects.