# put into practice

idiom

Source: https://englishreference.com/idiom/put-into-practice
Updated: 2026-08-10

## Meaning

To make (something) a practical reality.

## Examples

- You should put your new skills into practice today.
- After reading the manual, the team was finally ready to put the new safety rules into practice.
- The professor encouraged his students to take the abstract theories they had studied all semester and put them into practice through a series of hands-on experiments.

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