Figure and Put

Figure

Figure verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.

Usage example: let's figure the juice in the pan to be about a cup and just add it to the mix

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Put and figure are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Put" instead a verb "Figure".

Nearby Words: figured, figuring, figurine, figuration, fig

Put verb - To decide the size, amount, number, or distance of (something) without actual measurement.

Usage example: put the time of the photograph at about noon

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Figure and put are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Figure" instead a verb "Put".

Nearby Words: putting, putted

It's not too hard to figure out that you have to "put" instead, but it's still weird.

Source: You Can't Get Ye Flask
Instead, the Caligula figure here is once again Vince McMahon, who willingly put this will-o'-the-wisp in charge just to boost Monday Night Raw ratings.

Source: The Caligula
The heroes are trying to figure things out, put things back to normal, learn how to use their new powers, and figure out how to survive their 15th birthdays.

Source: Grey and Gray Morality aka: Gray And Grey Morality

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