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puts to work

puts to work is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to work.

Meaning of put to work

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) to put to use
    • Clearly, empathy is a Scriptural concept that Christians can put to work in becoming better leaders.2008, David L. Goetsch, Taking Your Faith to Work, →ISBN, page 26
  2. Give a job; Force to work (even if it is make-work)
    • Insistence that those who become dependent on the state be put to work seeks to impose the demands of the reality principle on them or to punish them by forcing them to do the unskilled work inconsistent with creative living.2007, David P. Levine, Welfare, Right and the State: A Framework for Thinking, →ISBN, page 28

Questions about puts to work

What is puts to work the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts to work is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put to work.

Words near puts to work in the dictionary

  1. puts to the sword
  2. puts to the test
  3. puts to the torch
  4. puts to use
  5. puts to words
  6. puts to work
  7. puts together
  8. puts two and two together
  9. puts two and two together and comes up with five
  10. puts two and two together and makes five
  11. puts under

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