putting back

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To return something to its original place.
   • He carefully put the vase back on the shelf.
2. (intransitive) To turn back; to return.
   • The French […] had put back to Toulon.1813, Robert Southey, The Life of Horatio, Lord Viscount Nelson
3. (transitive) To postpone an arranged event or appointment.
   • The meeting has been put back to 5.00 pm.
4. (idiomatic, transitive) To drink fast; to knock down alcohol.
   • You'll need to put that drink back quickly; it's very nearly closing time.
5. (idiomatic, transitive) To change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.
   • Don't forget that this Sunday we put the clocks back an hour.