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Put something to someone meaning

Put something to someone is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to propose a matter directly to someone for their response.

Past simple
put something to someone
Past participle
put something to someone
-ing form
putting something to someone

What put something to someone means

suggest for considerationB2

To propose a matter directly to someone for their response

I put the suggestion to the committee.

1 more meaning of put something to someone is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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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 to: refer to, amount to, set to, beat someone to it, come to, get to, go to, keep to, report to, see to.

Common questions

What does put something to someone mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to propose a matter directly to someone for their response. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of put something to someone?

Put something to someone, which is also its past participle.

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