to put

To put is the basic verb for placing something somewhere: Put the book on the table.

The word extends to expressing or stating: Let me put it this way, to put it bluntly.

You put questions to someone, put plans into action, put money into investments, put trust in people.

To put someone through something is to subject them to it.

To put up with is to tolerate.

To put down can mean set down, insult, or euthanize.

To put off is to postpone or repel.

The sheer number of phrasal verbs with put—put on, put out, put away, put together, put forth—makes it one of English's most versatile workhorses.