- put about
- verb Date: 1748 intransitive verb of a ship to change direction ; go on another tack transitive verb to cause to change course or direction
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
put about
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put about — ► put about 1) spread (information or rumours). 2) (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack. Main Entry: ↑put … English terms dictionary
put about — index circulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put about — phrasal verb Word forms put about : present tense I/you/we/they put about he/she/it puts about present participle putting about past tense put about past participle put about 1) put about or put around/round [transitive] British informal to tell… … English dictionary
put about — the ship put about: TURN ROUND, come about, change course. → put * * * Nautical (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack * * * put about [phrasal verb] 1 put (something) about or put about (something … Useful english dictionary
put about — the ship put about Syn: turn around, tack, come about, change course … Thesaurus of popular words
put about — {v. phr.} Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put about — {v. phr.} Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put\ about — v. phr. Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore … Словарь американских идиом
put about Nautical — (of a ship) turn on the opposite tack. → put … English new terms dictionary
put about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about,… … Moby Thesaurus
put about — PHRASAL VERB (The forms put around and put round are also used in British English.) If you put something about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well known. [mainly BRIT] [V it P that] Moderate Republicans in America are … English dictionary
