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put on to

verb

  1. to connect by telephone
  2. to inform (someone) of (a person's location or activities)

    I put the police on to him

  3. to tell (a person) about (someone or something beneficial)

    can you put me on to a cheap supermarket?

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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But when the Trump administration began its roundup of alleged members of foreign criminal gangs, Abrego Garcia was detained in Texas with other migrants facing deportation and then wrongly put on to a plane to El Salvador.

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To help tackle that, a bin lorry was put on to collect some of the rubbish.

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But it’s almost like a mask that you have to put on to navigate this world.

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The slices of Donnie's brain and spinal cord were fixed in a solution and put on to glass microscope slides to be used for research into his condition.

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Special PC Ben Johns said police officers were also faced with abuse on Bonfire Night and extra patrols would be put on to deal with anti-social behaviour.

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