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put something behind one

put something behind one verb: to recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief.

Verb

put something behind one (third-person singular simple present puts something behind one, present participle putting something behind one, simple past and past participle put something behind one)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief.
    • The losing candidate was just glad to put it behind him after months on the campaign trail.
    • Owen Hargreaves put his injury problems behind him with a fabulous goal on his debut as Manchester City beat holders Birmingham City to reach the fourth round of the Carling Cup.2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport
    Synonyms:
    get over, move on

put something behind one meaning in Malayalam

put something behind one in Malayalam

forget about, consign to the past, put down to experience
വിസ്മൃതിയിൽതള്ളുക, മറക്കുക, ഭൂതകാലസ്മരണയുടെ ഭാഗമാക്കുക, കഴിഞ്ഞതുകഴിഞ്ഞു എന്നു കരുതുക, ജീവിതാനുഭവങ്ങളുടെ കൂട്ടത്തിൽ പെടുത്തുക, സ്മരണയിൽനിന്നു മായ്ചുകളയുക

Synonyms of put something behind one

Forms of put something behind one

third-person singular presentputs something behind one
present participleputting something behind one
past participleput something behind one
pastput something behind one

Questions about put something behind one

What does put something behind one mean?
Put something behind one means to recover from an unpleasant or traumatic experience; to overcome a negative feeling, especially anger, resentment, or grief.
What is put something behind one in Malayalam?
Put something behind one in Malayalam is വിസ്മൃതിയിൽതള്ളുക, മറക്കുക, ഭൂതകാലസ്മരണയുടെ ഭാഗമാക്കുക. See Put something behind one meaning in Malayalam.
What part of speech is put something behind one?
Put something behind one is a verb.
What is the past tense of put something behind one?
The past tense of put something behind one is put something behind one.

Words near put something behind one in the dictionary

  1. put someone wise
  2. put someone's back up
  3. put someone's light out
  4. put someone's lights out
  5. put someone's pipe out
  6. put something behind one
  7. put something down to experience
  8. put something into perspective
  9. put something over
  10. put spurs to
  11. put stock in

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