- put about
- {v. phr.} - Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
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put about — index circulate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
put about — {v. phr.} Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. * /When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore./ … Dictionary of American idioms
put\ about — v. phr. Nautical usage. To turn in the opposite direction; turn around. When we saw the storm clouds thickening in the sky, we put about quickly and raced ashore … Словарь американских идиом
put about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, back and fill, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant round, cast, cast about, change course, change the heading, come about,… … Moby Thesaurus
put about — PHRASAL VERB (The forms put around and put round are also used in British English.) If you put something about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well known. [mainly BRIT] [V it P that] Moderate Republicans in America are … English dictionary
To put about — Put Put, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Put}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Putting}.] [AS. potian to thrust: cf. Dan. putte to put, to put into, Fries. putje; perh. akin to W. pwtio to butt, poke, thrust; cf. also Gael. put to push, thrust, and E. potter, v. i.] 1. To … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
To put about — Put Put (put; often p[u^]t in def. 3), v. i. 1. To go or move; as, when the air first puts up. [Obs.] Bacon. [1913 Webster] 2. To steer; to direct one s course; to go. [1913 Webster] His fury thus appeased, he puts to land. Dryden. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
put about — verb Date: 1748 intransitive verb of a ship to change direction ; go on another tack transitive verb to cause to change course or direction … New Collegiate Dictionary
put about — verb a) To change direction. b) To circulate (a rumour). Syn: circulate, spread, disseminate … Wiktionary
put about — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. vary, veer, turn; see change 1 … English dictionary for students
