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[Verb]  | "put" | \ ˈpu̇t \

1: to place in a specified position or relationship : lay

2: to move in a specified direction

3: to send (something, such as a weapon or missile) into or through something : thrust

Origin: 12th century ;

 Middle English putten; akin to Old English putung instigation, Middle Dutch poten to plant;

[Verb]  | "put about" 

1: to cause to change course or direction

2: to change course or direction : go on another tack

Origin: 1607 ;

[Verb]  | "put across" 

1: put over

2: to convey effectively or forcefully

Origin: 1906 ;

[Verb]  | "put away" 

1: discard, renounce

2: divorce

3: to eat or drink up : consume

Origin: 14th century ;

[Verb]  | "put by" 

1: reject

2: to lay aside : save

Origin: 15th century ;

[Noun]  | "put" 

1: a throw made with an overhand pushing motion; specifically : the act or an instance of putting the shot

2: an option to sell a specified amount of a security (such as a stock) or commodity (such as wheat) at a fixed price at or within a specified time

Origin: 14th century ;

[Noun]  | "act" | \ ˈakt \

1: the doing of a thing : deed

2: something done voluntarily

3: the process of doing something : action

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English acte, borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French acte, act, borrowed partly from Latin āctus "driving of cattle, track for cattle, movement, activity, performance, part of a play" (action noun from agere "to drive (cattle), cause to move, do"), partly from Latin āctum (usually in plural) "thing done, public transaction, record," from neuter of āctus, past participle of agere{mat|agent|};

[Noun]  | "duck" | \ ˈdək \

1: any of various swimming birds (family Anatidae, the duck family) in which the neck and legs are short, the feet typically webbed, the bill often broad and flat, and the sexes usually different from each other in plumage —often used figuratively in phrases like have one's ducks in a row, get one's ducks in a row, or put one's ducks in a row to describe being or becoming thoroughly prepared or organized

2: the flesh of any of these birds used as food

3: a female duck

Origin: before 12th century ;

 Middle English duk, doke, from Old English dūce;

[Noun]  | "ef*fect" | \ i-ˈfekt \

1: something that inevitably follows an antecedent (such as a cause or agent) : result, outcome

2: a distinctive impression

3: the creation of a desired impression

Origin: 14th century ;

 Middle English effect, effete "achievement, result, capacity to produce a result, gist, purpose," borrowed from Anglo-French & Latin; Anglo-French effette, effect, borrowed from Latin effectus "carrying out (of a purpose or task), result, mode of operation," from effec-, variant stem of efficere "to make, construct, bring about, produce, carry out" (from ef-, assimilated form of ex- {see: |ex-:1|ex-:1} + facere "to do, make, bring about") + -tus, suffix of action nouns {mat|fact|};

[Idiomatic phrase]  | "one's ducks in a row" 

1: —used figuratively in phrases like have one's ducks in a row, get one's ducks in a row, or put one's ducks in a row to describe being or becoming thoroughly organized

Origin: 1888 ;

[Verb]  | "puts" 

[Verb]  | "put" 

[Verb]  | "puts about" 

[Verb]  | "puts aside" 

[Verb]  | "puts across" 

[Verb]  | "puts away" 

[Verb]  | "puts by" 

[Verb]  | "puts down" 

[Verb]  | "puts in" 

[Verb]  | "puts off"