Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

put one's shoulder to the wheel
- to get busy and start working
I put my shoulder to the wheel and tried to finish my work so I could go home early.
put one's thinking cap on
- to start thinking in a serious manner
I put my thinking cap on and tried to think of a name for the student newspaper.
put one's two cents (worth) in
- to add one's comments to (something)
I tried to put my two cents in at the meeting but nobody would listen to me.
put oneself in (someone) else's place
- to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view
It was difficult to put myself in the woman's place after she had lost her only child.
put our/your heads together
- to confer about something, to discuss something
We put our heads together to think of a new name for the football team.
put out a fire/a light
- to make a flame or light stop burning, to extinguish a flame/fire
The police were able to put out the fire before the fire department arrived.
put out about (something)
- to be inconvenienced or irritated about something
My friend was put out that her sister did not call her when she was in town.
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