Synonyms for put back
put back

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1. replace, put backverb

   put something back where it belongs

   "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

   Synonyms:
   supervene upon, exchange, supercede, set back, knock back, supersede, supplant, replace, interchange, substitute

2. set back, knock back, put backverb

   cost a certain amount

   "My daughter's wedding set me back $20,000"

   Synonyms:
   table, shelve, put over, postpone, remit, set back, put off, hold over, knock back, replace, prorogue, defer

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1. rehome

   to rehome, sometimes we are placing things/people back to their original home or place.

   the illegal alien was rehomed (put back) to his native country.

   Submitted by rinat on July 7, 2017  

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1. put back

   Synonyms:
   replace, restore, reinstate, retard, impede, delay, hinder

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1. Mark Hamrick:

   If that [wage-price spiral] were to begin, that’s very difficult to put back in the would-be bottle after the fact, in trying to essentially dampen demand for workers through higher interest rates — a rather inelegant tool to try to achieve that result — they’re just trying to manage that risk.

2. Lucas Johnson:

   All our scientific data shows that kids are the least susceptible to COVID but the most vulnerable to everything we’ve been doing, i will continue to fight as hard as I can until kids are put back into a normal environment in school.

3. Florence Nightingale:

   The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to conventionality.

4. Gregory Johnsen:

   Saudi Arabia's hard to imagine Yemen being put back together again as one single state.

5. Director John Doyle:

   I think there is one little piece that has been taken out, but some other pieces have been put back in, or put in, some new material has been written for this. So I think ... for most people it will be a totally new show.