put to use
verb1
Idiomatic To use; to utilise; to apply.
- Every man has a cross only he has to bear / If he's lost, that's the cost for not plannin' way ahead / We were all born with the tools, so let's put them all to use / One day we may all have problems, but complainin' just won't solve them1976, Double Exposure, “Everyman”, in Ten Percent:
- Derived terms
- put to good use