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pit

verbaction

to put or set in position

to place or set something in a particular position

Example in use

Pit the cup doon on the table

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/PIT/

Word snapshot

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usage level
Set
origin detail

Origin & context

scotscurrentneutralalso: put

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