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put before

put before verb: to treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else).

Verb

put before (third-person singular simple present puts before, present participle putting before, simple past and past participle put before)

  1. (transitive) To treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else).
    • I'd never put your brother before you.
  2. (transitive) To display a proposal or idea to (someone) to be considered.
    • I'd like to put my proposal before the committee.

Forms of put before

third-person singular presentputs before
present participleputting before
past participleput before
pastput before

Questions about put before

What does put before mean?
Put before means to treat (someone or something) as more important than (someone or something else).
What part of speech is put before?
Put before is a verb.
What is the past tense of put before?
The past tense of put before is put before.

Words near put before in the dictionary

  1. put asunder
  2. put at ease
  3. put away
  4. put back
  5. put batteries in someone's back
  6. put before
  7. put behind one
  8. put bread on the table
  9. put butter on one's bread
  10. put by
  11. put case

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