To put stress upon

to strain.

- Atterbury.

See also: Stress

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.

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To put about
To put an end to
To put back
To put forth
To put in
To put in an appearance
To put in for
To put in mind
To put in one's oar
To put in pledge
To put in possession
To put into the chair
To put off
To put on
To put one one's mettle
To put one's back up
To put one's foot down
To put one's foot in one's mouth
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany
To put one's nose out of joint
To put one's nose to the grindstone
To put one's self upon the country
To put out of court
To put out of the way
To put over
To put stress upon
To put the best foot foremost
To put the cart before the horse
To put the comether on
To put the great seal into commission
To put the hand unto
To put the kibosh on
To put the last hand to
To put the screws on
To put to flight
To put to grass
To put to nurse
To put to one's trumps
To put to rout
To put to sea
To put to shame
To put to the blush
To put to the rack
To put to the sword
To put under the screw
To put up
To put up the spout
To put up to
To put up with
To quit cost
To quit scores
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to put on the dog
To put one one's mettle
To put one's back up
to put one's best foot forward
To put one's foot down
To put one's foot down
to put one's foot down on
to put one's foot down on it
to put one's foot down on something
to put one's foot in it
to put one's foot in it/one's mouth
To put one's foot in one's mouth
To put one's foot in one's mouth
to put one's head down
to put one's head in the sand
To put one's legs under some one's mahogany
to put one's mind to it
to put one's money where one's mouth is
To put one's nose out of joint
To put one's nose to the grindstone
to put one's oar in
to put one's oar into
to put one's oar into it
to put one's oar into something
To put one's self upon the country
to put one's shoulder to the wheel
To put out of court
To put out of the way
To put over
to put someone in the picture
To put stress upon
To put the best foot foremost
To put the cart before the horse
To put the comether on
to put the final nail in one's coffin
To put the great seal into commission
To put the hand unto
To put the kibosh on
To put the last hand to
To put the screws on
To put to flight
To put to grass
To put to nurse
To put to one's trumps
To put to rout
To put to sea
To put to shame
To put to the blush
To put to the rack
To put to the sword
to put too fine a point on it
to put two and two together
To put under the screw
To put up
To put up the spout
To put up to
To put up with
to put words into someone's mouth
to put/set one's shoulder to the wheel
to put/throw one's hat in the ring
to quake/shake like a leaf
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