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The accident put me off driving.

put something off to not do something until later

He put off his vacation because the children were sick.

—SYNONYM delay

put something on

to take clothes and wear them Put on your coat.

Put your shoes on.

—ANTONYM take something off

to make a piece of electrical equipment start to work I put on the TV.

Put the lights on.

Should we put some music on?

put something out to stop a fire or to stop a light from shining

She put out the fire with a bucket of water. Put the lights out before you go.

put someone up to let someone sleep in your home Can you put me up for the night?

put something up

to hold or lift something up

Put up your hand if you know the answer.

—SYNONYM raise

to build something to put up a fence

to attach something to a wall, etc. so everyone can see it to put up a sign

to increase something

Most airlines put up their prices during the summer. put up with someone or something to have pain or problems without complaining

We can't change the bad weather, so we have to put up with it.

puz • zle 1 / ' pAzl / noun

[ count ]

a game that is difficult and makes you think a lot

Look at crossword puzzle .

something that is difficult to understand or explain Janet's reason for leaving her job is a puzzle to me.

= jigsaw puzzle

puz • Zle 2 / ' pAzl / verb ( puz zles , puz - zling , puz - zled )

to make you feel that you cannot understand or explain something

Tim's illness puzzled his doctors.

puzzle over something to think hard about something in order to understand it He was puzzling over a math problem for half an hour. ► puz • zling / ' pAzlig / adjective

difficult to understand or explain

puz • zled / ' pAzld / adjective

not able to understand or explain something She had a puzzled look on her face.

py • lon / pailan / noun [ count ]

a tall metal tower that supports heavy electrical wires

pyr • a • mid / pirsmid / noun

[ count ]

( MATH ) a shape with a flat bottom and three or four sides that come to a point at the top the pyramids of Egypt

Look at the picture at solid .

py • thon / ' pai9an / noun [ count ]

a large snake that kills animals by squeezing them very hard

Qq

Q, q / kyu / noun [ count, noncount ] ( plural Q's, q's / kyuz / ) the seventeenth letter of the English alphabet "Question" begins with a "Q."

qt.

abbreviation of quart

Q-tip™ / ' kyu tip / noun [ count ] a small, thin stick with cotton at each end I cleaned my ears with a Q-tip.

quack / kw®k / noun

[count]

the sound that a duck (= a bird that lives on or near water ) makes

► quack verb ( quacks , quack - ing , quacked )

quad • ru • ple / kwa' drupl / verb ( quad - ru ples , quad - ru - pling , quad - ru - pled )

( MATH ) to multiply or be multiplied by four House prices have quadrupled in the past 20 years.

quaint / kweint / adjective ( quaint er , quaint - est )

old-fashioned, usually in an attractive way a quaint little town

qual • i • fi • ca • tion / |kwalafa' keijn / noun

[ count ]

training, skill, or knowledge that you need to do something, such as a job

He has all the right qualifications for the manager's job.

qual • i • fied / ' kwalafaid / adjective

having the training, skill, or knowledge that you need to do something

I don't feel qualified to comment — I know nothing about the subject.