Work & careers
put someone in charge
make someone responsible
To put someone in charge means to make them responsible for leading or managing something.
Hear it in real life
Who is organising the event?
They put me in charge of the volunteers.
The manager put Maya in charge of training the new staff.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: They put me in charge for the volunteers.
Say: They put me in charge of the volunteers.
The phrase takes “of” to name the people or thing someone is responsible for.
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
put someone in charge; put myself in charge
Your turn: say it out loud
The manager put Maya in charge of training the new staff.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
put someone in charge
make someone responsible
“The manager put Maya in charge of training the new staff.”
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