put back

remettre à sa place

Remettre un objet à l’endroit où il se trouvait auparavant.

En anglais simple : To return something to the place where it was before.

• Put the book back, please.
• She put her keys back in the drawer.
• Have you put everything back on the shelf?

Comment l'utiliser : put something back (Please put the scissors back.); put something back in/on something (Put the milk back in the fridge.)

Synonymes : replace, return

Expressions courantes : put back something, put back the book

reculer l'horloge

Régler une horloge pour qu’elle indique une heure plus tôt.

En anglais simple : To change a clock so that it shows an earlier time.

• Put the clocks back tonight.
• I put my watch back an hour.
• Have you remembered to put the kitchen clock back?

Comment l'utiliser : put a clock/the clocks back + time period (We put the clocks back one hour in autumn.)

Synonymes : set back

Contraires : put forward

Expressions courantes : put back the clocks, put back a clock

reporter, repousser

Déplacer un événement prévu à une heure ou une date plus tardive.

En anglais simple : To move an arranged event to a later time or date.

• They put the meeting back.
• The wedding was put back until September.
• Can we put our appointment back by an hour?

Comment l'utiliser : put something back to + time/date (They put the appointment back to Friday.); put something back by + period (We put the start back by half an hour.)

Synonymes : postpone, delay, put off

Contraires : bring forward

Expressions courantes : put back something, put back the meeting

boire d'un trait

Boire de l’alcool très vite, souvent en grande quantité.

En anglais simple : To drink alcohol quickly, often in large amounts.

• He put back two beers.
• She put her drink back and left the bar.
• How many shots did they put back?

Comment l'utiliser : put something back (He put three beers back before dinner.)

Synonymes : knock back, down

Expressions courantes : put back a beer, put back something

regagner le port

Pour un bateau, faire demi-tour et revenir au port ou au lieu quitté auparavant.

En anglais simple : For a boat or ship, to turn around and return to an earlier place.

• The ship had to put back.
• We put back to port when the storm grew worse.
• The captain decided to put back into harbour.

Comment l'utiliser : put back to/into + place (The ship put back to port after its engine failed.)

Synonymes : turn back, return

Expressions courantes : put back to port, put back into harbour