put about

verb

1. nautical to change course or cause to change course

   we put about and headed for home

2. tr to make widely known
3. tr; usually passive to disconcert or disturb

Example Sentences

The fire put about 50 employees at the restaurant out of work, he said.

From Los Angeles Times

After that first winter in 2009, when he shot two deer and put about 150 pounds of meat in the freezer, a buddy invited him to an archery tournament.

From Los Angeles Times

So the great-grandson of oil tycoon Armand Hammer traded it in for a “tiny” new car that’s a hybrid, and said he was “probably going to put about 10 bucks of gas in it a month.”

From Los Angeles Times

Since being back in the City of Angels the past few weeks, he said that he put about $400 to $500 worth of gas in the truck and “can’t afford the gas anymore.”

From Los Angeles Times

Official figures show that in 2023 the country's households put about 138 trillion yuan in the bank, an almost 14% increase from a year earlier.

From BBC