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Meanings of putting back in English

Spanish
regreso

Putting, sending, or directing an item or material back to where it came from.

        regreso
        Usage of putting back in English
        1
        He hardly waited for the sibilant assurance before putting back the receiver.
        Who Cares? A Story of Adolescence
        2
        We are taking more from the soil than we are putting back.
        Northern Nut Growers Association Report of the Proceedings at th...
        3
        The proper scale, I hold, of healthful nourishment, putting back the ladle.
        Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science, Volume ...
        4
        He won 20 dimes and after putting back four, won the jackpot.
        The new yorker
        5
        Originair announced today it's putting back its service from Nelson to the Capital.
        Radio NZ
        6
        A boatload of people putting back came leaping out as I rushed past.
        The Time Machine & The War of the Worlds
        7
        It does so by putting back real cash in your pocket.
        The South African
        8
        She's putting back on her blouse, rolling her pantyhose back up.
        Choke
        9
        DeKeyser doubled the lead by putting back his own rebound.
        Reuters
        10
        We saw the California steamer, ocean-bound, putting back to port.
        Life at Puget Sound: With Sketches of Travel in Washington Terri...
        11
        No more putting back anywhere, if we all get roasted.
        Youth, a Narrative
        12
        I cried, putting back her soft brown hair, and kissing her pale, beautiful forehead.
        The Continental Monthly, Vol. III, No. V, May, 1863 / Devoted t...
        13
        And then a look in the fine hazel eyes-likea horse putting back its ears.
        Marriage à la mode
        14
        Smith putting back the telephone on its little cradle.
        A singular man
        15
        There was the same feeling of putting back on a heavy cloak of dullness and misery.
        In for a penny
        16
        This money he began putting back secretly every week, bit by bit out of his salary.
        Every Man for Himself
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        United Kingdom
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        United States of America
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