Emotions & feelings

put something into perspective

see something in a balanced way

To put something into perspective means to help someone understand its real importance by looking at it in a balanced way.

B2 common speech & writing

expression

Hear it in real life

Are you still upset about the mistake?

A little, but talking to you has put it into perspective.

Play the conversation

A weekend away helped me put the whole situation into perspective.

The mistake everyone makes

Not: put something in the perspective

Say: put something into perspective

Use the fixed preposition combination "into perspective" in this expression.

Build it

How it fits in a sentence.

put something into perspective; put the problem into perspective

Your turn: say it out loud

A weekend away helped me put the whole situation into perspective.

Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.

put something into perspective

see something in a balanced way

“A weekend away helped me put the whole situation into perspective.”

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