put to work

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put to work - cause to work; "he is working his servants hard"

exercise, work, work out - give a workout to; "Some parents exercise their infants"; "My personal trainer works me hard"; "work one's muscles"; "this puzzle will exercise your mind"

warm up - cause to do preliminary exercises so as to stretch the muscles; "The coach warmed up the players before the game"

apply, employ, use, utilise, utilize - put into service; make work or employ for a particular purpose or for its inherent or natural purpose; "use your head!"; "we only use Spanish at home"; "I can't use this tool"; "Apply a magnetic field here"; "This thinking was applied to many projects"; "How do you utilize this tool?"; "I apply this rule to get good results"; "use the plastic bags to store the food"; "He doesn't know how to use a computer"

cybernate, computerise, computerize - control a function, process, or creation by a computer; "They computerized the car industry"; "we live in a cybernated age"; "cybernate a factory"

rack - put on a rack and pinion; "rack a camera"

overwork, exploit - work excessively hard; "he is exploiting the students"

do work, work - be employed; "Is your husband working again?"; "My wife never worked"; "Do you want to work after the age of 60?"; "She never did any work because she inherited a lot of money"; "She works as a waitress to put herself through college"

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at work computerise computerize cybernate do work employ employable exercise exploit out of work overwork rack utilise utilize warm up work work in work off work out	Every child that was large enough to carry a hoe was put to work, and the baby--for usually there was at least one baby--would be laid down at the end of the cotton row, so that its mother could give it a certain amount of attention when she had finished chopping her row. Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context Other men, themselves failing to stake on lucky creeks, he put to work on his Bonanza claims. Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context Out of the unknown, from the somewhere and something else, too unconditional for him to know any of the conditions, instantly they appeared, full-statured, walking about Meringe Plantation with loin-cloths about their middles and bone bodkins through their noses, and being put to work by Mister Haggin, Derby, and Bob. Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context	put behind bars put by Put case put differently put down put forth put forward put in put off put on put on airs put on the line put on to put one across put one over put option put out put out feelers put over put paid to put right put through put through the hoop put to death put to sleep put to work put together put under put up put upon put-down put-in Put-in-Bay Put-off put-on put-put put-up put-upon put-you-up Putage putamen Putanism putative Putative father Putchuck putdown putdownable Puteal Puteli Putery Putid	put to sea Put to seller put to service put to shame put to shame put to shame put to shame put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to sleep put to the proof put to the sword put to the sword put to the sword put to the test put to the test put to the test put to the test put to the test put to the test put to the torch put to the torch put to the torch put to the vote put to use put to use put to work put to wrong use put together put together put together put together put together Put Together Quickly put too fine a point on put toward put trust in put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two and two together put two cents in put two fingers up at put under put under an injunction put under an interdiction put under arrest put under contract put under duress put under embargo put under lock and key put under obligation put under prohibition put under restraint put under suspicion put under the ban

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at work
computerise
computerize
cybernate
do work
employ
employable
exercise
exploit
out of work
overwork
rack
utilise
utilize
warm up
work
work in
work off
work out

Every child that was large enough to carry a hoe was put to work, and the baby--for usually there was at least one baby--would be laid down at the end of the cotton row, so that its mother could give it a certain amount of attention when she had finished chopping her row.

Up From Slavery by Washington, Booker T. View in context

Other men, themselves failing to stake on lucky creeks, he put to work on his Bonanza claims.

Burning Daylight by London, Jack View in context

Out of the unknown, from the somewhere and something else, too unconditional for him to know any of the conditions, instantly they appeared, full-statured, walking about Meringe Plantation with loin-cloths about their middles and bone bodkins through their noses, and being put to work by Mister Haggin, Derby, and Bob.

Jerry of the Islands by London, Jack View in context

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