Phrases & Expressions

A description of an item for sale, usually online, including its features, images, and price.

• We need to improve our product listing with better photos.
• The product listing clearly showed all the item's specifications.

to ask someone to marry you

• He proposed to her on a beach.
• When did he propose to you?

To succeed in doing something difficult.

• She pulled off the project despite the obstacles.
• How did you pull that off?

To fill something such as a tyre or ball with air.

• Pump up the tyres before the trip.
• My bike tyre was flat, so I pumped it up.

To communicate an idea or feeling successfully to someone.

• He put his ideas across very well.
• It's hard to put across how I feel.

To believe that a situation is the result of a particular thing.

• They put the delay down to bad weather.
• He put his success down to hard work.

To stop a fire, cigarette or flame from burning.

• Firefighters put out the fire quickly.
• Please put out your cigarette before entering the building.

To ask someone to consider a proposal or question.

• Let's put the proposal to the committee.
• He put the question to the audience.

To understand what is happening or likely to happen by looking at the facts.

• He's been acting strangely; I put two and two together.
• You can put two and two together and see the problem.

to attach to a wall; to build; to let someone stay at your home

• They put up a new poster on the wall.
• Can you put me up for the night?