Grate
Grate verb - To disturb the peace of mind of (someone) especially by repeated disagreeable acts.
Put
Put verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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Hornblower, "The Duchess and the Devil": Midshipman Archie Kennedy tells Horatio that when he attempted to escape from Spanish prison, he was put in a small hole in the ground covered by a grate.
Source: Punishment Box - He really likes to grate on people and put them down, and the protagonists get an idea of his plan fairly early on precisely because he's the kind of person that wants recognition of his cleverness.
Source: Smug Snake / Anime and Manga - When the heroine finds a junkie who overdosed on her grate and gave her CPR, she placed plastic wrap over the junkie's mouth (and put a fairly large hole in it for the air) so she wouldn't catch anything.
Source: CPR (Clean, Pretty, Reliable)
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