put to work
The phrase "put to work" is commonly used to describe the act of employing or utilizing a person, resource, or tool for a specific task or purpose.
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Definition
B2General
(common)To utilize or employ something, such as a skill, tool, or resource, for a specific task or purpose.
Example
- She put her new computer to work by starting her project immediately.
B2Employment
(common)To assign someone to perform a job or duty.
Example
- The company put their new employee to work on the marketing campaign.
Similar
Terms that have similar or relatively close meanings to "put to work":
set to workget work donego to workput in the workwork inhave work doneput throughput inon the jobdo a lot of workat workput bywork onwork overwork itget busy