Languages › French French Expressions with Mettre Share Flipboard Email Print KidStock / Getty Images French Vocabulary Pronunciation & Conversation Grammar Resources For Teachers By ThoughtCo Team Updated on July 29, 2018 The French verb mettre literally means "to put" and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to take great care in doing something, spend money on, bolt the door, and more with this list of expressions with mettre. Common Expressions Using Mettre mettre 5 heures à faireto take 5 hours to do something mettre à jourto update mettre à l'essaito put to the test mettre beaucoup de soin à faireto take great care in doing something mettre de l'ardeur à faire quelque choseto do something eagerly mettre de l'argent dansto put money into mettre de l'argent pourto pay for mettre de l'argent surto spend money on mettre de l'eau dans son vinto tone it down mettre en colèreto make angry mettre en reliefto bring out, enhance, accentuate mettre la radioto turn on the radio mettre la tableto set the table mettre le réveilto set the alarm mettre le verrouto bolt the door mettre les bouts (familiar)Get lost! mettre les informationsto turn on the news mettre les pieds dans le platsimilar to mess up; put one's foot in one's mouth mettre les voiles (familiar)Get lost! mettre quelque chose à platto lay something down flat mettre quelque chose deboutto stand something up mettre (quelque chose) de côtéto put (something) aside mettre quelque chose droitto set something straight mettre quelqu'un (parmi les grands) to rank or rate someone (among the greats) mettre quelqu'un au pasto bring someone in line mettre quelqu'un dans l'obligation/la nécessité de faireto compel someone to do something mettre sa langue dans sa poche (informal)to be quiet, stay silent mettre son grain de sel (informal)to stick one's nose in, to butt in Il y a mis le temps !He's taken his sweet time doing it! J'y mets la dernière mainI'm putting the finishing touches on Mettons que...Let's say/Suppose that... On m'a mis au pied du mur.I was cornered. Qu'est-ce qu'ils nous ont mis !They beat the heck out of us! Va te faire mettre ! (slang)Get lost! Meanings and Usage of Se Mettre The pronominal French verb se mettre has several possible meanings and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to come clean, team up, gather round, and more expressions with se mettre. to becometo get (obtain)to goto put onto put oneself ne pas savoir où se mettreto not know what to do with oneself se mettre au français, à la guitareto start learning French, to play the guitar se mettre à + infinitiveto start doing something se mettre à poil (informal)to strip off, strip down to one's birthday suit se mettre à quelqu'unto team up with someone se mettre au régimeto go on a diet se mettre à tableto sit down to eat, to come clean se mettre autour deto gather round se mettre au travailto start working se mettre au vertto lie low se mettre avecto team up with, side with se mettre dans une colère noireto fly into a terrible rage se mettre dans une situation délicateto get oneself into an awkward situation se mettre en colèreto get angry se mettre sur son trente et unto get dressed to the nines se mettre sur un rangto form a line/queue se mettre une idée dans la têteto get an idea into one's head s'en mettre partoutto get covered in it, to get something all over oneself s'y mettreto get down to, to get on with s'y mettre à + nounto go on, take up s'y mettre + infinitiveto start doing Meanings and Usage of La Mise Mise is the feminine of mis, the past participle of mettre. La mise has numerous meanings and is also used in many idiomatic expressions. Learn how to say involvement, make-up, leg-pulling and more with this list of expressions with mise. putting, settingclothing, attire(betting) stake, ante(business) outlay la mise à exécutionimplementation, enforcement la mise à feufiring, setting off, blast-off la mise à jouract of updating, updated la mise à l'eaulaunch la mise à mortkill la mise à pied (employment)dismissal la mise à prixreserve/upset price la mise au mondebirth la mise au pointtuning, focusing, clarification la mise basbirth (of an animal) la mise de fondscapital outlay la mise en abîmemise en abyme, image within its own image la mise en accusationindictment la mise en bièreplacement into a coffin la mise en boîtecanning; (informal) ridiculing, leg-pulling la mise en bouteillebottling la mise en causecalling into question, pointing a finger at la mise en conditionconditioning la mise en conservecanning la mise en demeureformal demand or notice la mise en examenplacing under investigation la mise en forme(sports) warming/limbering up; (typography) imposition la mise en gagepawning la mise en jambeswarm-up exercises la mise en jeuinvolvement, bringing into play la mise en marchestarting up (a machine or apparatus) la mise en œuvreimplementation la mise en ondes (radio)production la mise en page (typography)make-up la mise en placeset up, stocking, imposition la mise en plishair setting la mise en pratiqueputting into practice la mise en reliefenhancement, accentuation la mise en routestarting up, setting off/out la mise en sacspacking la mise en scène (theater, film)production la mise en service - La mise en service de l'autobus sera...putting or starting into service - The bus will be put into service on... la mise en valeurdevelopment, improvement la mise en vigueurenforcement la mise sur piedsetting up être de mise(fig) to be acceptable, appropriate; (archaic) to be in circulation, legal currency remporter la miseto carry the day, win big sauver la miseto withdraw from a game of stakes; (fig) to save the day Cite this Article Format mla apa chicago Your Citation Team, ThoughtCo. 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