phrasal verb · neutral
put to
/pʊt tuː/PUT·TO
speakingtask2task1
bring up a question or proposal to someone for decision or consideration; direct something at someone
Examples
“The proposal was put to the board for approval.”
“He was put to the task of explaining his actions.”
“I put the question to the panel during the Q&A.”
Band 8 sentence
“The solicitor put a number of awkward questions to the witness during cross‑examination.”
Collocations
- put a question to
- put a proposal to the committee
Word family
put to vputs to vputting to v-ing
Common mistakes
I put the question on the audience.→I put the question to the audience.
They put proposal to board.→They put the proposal to the board.
Say it for a higher band
5ask→6raise→7+put to
Synonyms
raise
Easily confused
raise
“She raised the problem during the meeting.”
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