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putting to

putting to is the present participle and gerund of put to.

Meaning of put to

Verb

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

  1. To ask or pose a question, or make a proposal or suggestion.
    • I'll put it to the committee and see what they say.

Questions about putting to

What is putting to the present participle and gerund of?
Putting to is the present participle and gerund of put to.

Words near putting to in the dictionary

  1. putting the world to rights
  2. putting through
  3. putting through the mangle
  4. putting through the mill
  5. putting through the wringer
  6. putting to
  7. putting to bed
  8. putting to death
  9. putting to good account
  10. putting to good use
  11. putting to lie

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Adapted from Wiktionary: putting to (page history and authors); put to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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