Question

choosing the correct option.
Put .......the clock, it is twenty minutes fast.
(a) up
(b) down
(c) off
(d) back​

Answer 1

Put down the clock, it is twenty minutes fast.

Option: (b)

Explanation:  

• The meaning of the sentence change with change in the owed that follows the word 'put'.

• Put back means to eradicate a known substance or a material. Put off means to extinguish a fire.  

• Example - please put off the fire. Put down means to discard something or an idea.  

• Other example, he put down my idea. Put up means to stay temporarily in a place or shelter. Example: she was put up in a hotel for the weekend.

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Answer 2

Choose the correct option:

Put back the clock, it is twenty minutes fast.

Explanation:

• The word "put" is used as verb, means moving things from one place to another place.
• In the given sentence, the put is used as phrasal verb.
• The phrasal verb "put up" means staying in other people's place for accommodation.
• The phrasal verb "put down" means suppressing someone or writing something down.
• The phrasal verb "put off" means procrastinating due to unpleasant feature or quality.
• The phrasal verb "put back" means putting something in the earlier place.