phrasal verb · informal
put behind
UK/pʊt bɪˈhaɪnd/US/pʊt bəˈhaɪnd/put·be·HIND
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to stop being affected by something and move on emotionally or mentally
Examples
“She put the failure behind her and applied again.”
“It’s important to put past disagreements behind if you want to work together.”
“After the accident he tried to put the whole episode behind him.”
Band 8 sentence
“After acknowledging the setback, she consciously decided to put it behind her so she could focus on the next opportunity.”
Collocations
- put X behind you
- try to put it behind you
Word family
put (something) behind (someone) phrasal verb
Common mistakes
put it away me→put it behind me
forget about it→put it behind you
Say it for a higher band
5forget→6move on→7+put behind
Synonyms
move on
let go of
Easily confused
put away
“They put the tools away in the shed.”
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