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Put something into something meaning

Put something into something is a phrasal verb that means to place an object inside a container, space, or other object.

Past simple
put something into something
Past participle
put something into something
-ing form
putting something into something

What put something into something means

B2

To place an object inside a container, space, or other object

Put the documents into the blue folder.

Similar phrasal verbs

With put: put on, put up, put off, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put across.

With into: get into, patch into, break into, let something into something, look into, make something into something, pull into, read something into something, rip into, go into.

Common questions

What does put something into something mean?

To place an object inside a container, space, or other object.

What is the past tense of put something into something?

Put something into something, which is also its past participle.

Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.

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