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put to good use

put to good use verb: to make good use of something.

Verb

put to good use (third-person singular simple present puts to good use, present participle putting to good use, simple past and past participle put to good use)

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To make good use of something.

Synonyms of put to good use

Forms of put to good use

third-person singular presentputs to good use
present participleputting to good use
past participleput to good use
pastput to good use

Origin of put to good use

From put to use.

Questions about put to good use

What does put to good use mean?
Put to good use means to make good use of something.
What part of speech is put to good use?
Put to good use is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to good use?
The past tense of put to good use is put to good use.

Words near put to good use in the dictionary

  1. put to
  2. put to bed
  3. put to bed with a shovel
  4. put to death
  5. put to good account
  6. put to good use
  7. put to lie
  8. put to rest
  9. put to sea
  10. put to shame
  11. put to sleep

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