Definition of "put in"

put in

verb
third-person singular simple present puts in, present participle putting in, simple past and past participle put in
1. (transitive) To place inside.
2. (intransitive) To apply, request, or submit.
3. (transitive) To contribute.
4. (intransitive, nautical, dated) To call at (a place or port), especially as a deviation from an intended journey.
  Quotations
  We put in at Brixham, a most excellent fishing Town, but very dirty and disagreeable.
  1773, Frances Burney, Journals & Letters, Penguin, published 2001, page 18
  “They were bound for Quebec—hadn’t any notion of coming to P. E. I. They had a long rough voyage and water got scarce, so the captain of the New Moon put in here to get some.
  1923, Lucy Maud Montgomery, “Chapter 7”, in Emily of New Moon
5. (transitive) To declare or make official
6. (transitive) To plant a crop.
7. (transitive) To make (a telephone call).