phrasal verb · formal
put before
UK/pʊt bɪˈfɔː/US/pʊt bɪˈfɔr/PUT·be·FORE
speakingtask2
to present something officially for consideration by a person or group
Examples
“The council put the proposal before the planning committee.”
“I will put your name before the board at the next meeting.”
“The motion was put before the parliament and rejected.”
Band 8 sentence
“At the AGM the directors put the amended constitution before the shareholders for a binding vote.”
Collocations
- put X before the committee/board/parliament
- put a proposal before
Word family
put verbbefore preposition
Common mistakes
put in front of→put before
bring before→put before
Say it for a higher band
5present→6submit→7+put before
Synonyms
submit
Easily confused
bring before
“The case was brought before the magistrate last Monday.”
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