Beginner ๐Ÿ’ฌ Idioms & Phrasal Verbs ยท #7 of 182

Phrasal Verb: Put On

to dress yourself in

Examples

  • Put on your coat.

Key rules

  • Put on means dress yourself in clothing or begin wearing something
  • It is separable: put on your coat or put your coat on
  • A pronoun must go in the middle: put it on
  • The opposite is take off

Common mistakes

  • Put on it โ†’ Put it on
๐Ÿ’ก Tip: Use "put on" for clothes and "wear" for the state of wearing.

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