▪ stick ( also bung British English ) informal to put something somewhere quickly or carelessly: I’ve ironed those shirts so don’t just shove them in a drawer. Shove anything you don’t want in that sack. ▪ shove to put something into a space or container quickly or carelessly: ▪ slip to put something somewhere with a quick movement:Ĭarrie quickly slipped the money into her bag. Position the microphone to suit your height. ▪ position to carefully put something in a suitable position: ▪ lay to put someone or something down carefully on a flat surface: ‘It’s beautiful,’ he said, placing it back on the shelf. ▪ place to put something somewhere carefully: ▪ put to move something to a particular place: dump (something) on somebody to tell someone all your problems and worries:
American English to criticize someone very strongly and often unfairly:Ĥ. American English to treat someone badlyģ. dump something on somebody to unfairly give someone an unwanted job, duty, or problem to deal with:Ģ. COPY INFORMATION technical to copy information stored in a computer’s memory on to something else such as a ↑ disk or ↑ magnetic tape ⇨ ↑ dumpingġ.
SELL GOODS to get rid of goods by selling them in a foreign country at a much lower priceĪ campaign to stop cheap European beef being dumped in West Africaĥ. END RELATIONSHIP informal to end a relationship with someone:Ĥ. He found a can of beef stew and dumped it in a saucepan to heat.Ī) to get rid of something that you do not want:Įllie dumped all the photos of her ex-husband.ī) to get rid of waste material by taking it from people’s houses and burying it under the soil:īritain dumps more of its waste than any other European country.ģ.
They dump tons of salt on icy road surfaces to make driving safer. Merrill dumped her suitcase down in the hall. PUT SOMETHING SOMEWHERE to put something somewhere in a careless untidy way: