подставить

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Russian

Etymology

под- (pod-, sub-, under) +‎ ста́вить (stávitʹ, to place)

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Verb

подста́вить (podstávitʹpf (imperfective подставля́ть)

  1. to place
  2. to place
    подста́вить стул кому́-либоpodstávitʹ stul komú-liboto pull up a chair for
  3. to hold up to, to offer to, to make accessible to (by bringing or turning something)
    подста́вить другу́ю щёкуpodstávitʹ drugúju ščókuto turn the other cheek
    подста́вить но́жкуpodstávitʹ nóžkuto trip
  4. to substitute
  5. (figurative, colloquial) to expose, to leave vulnerable
  6. (figurative, colloquial, criminology) to frame, to conspire to incriminate falsely a presumably innocent person

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