The phrase "associate put" is not correct and does not convey a clear meaning in written English.
It is unclear when to use it, as it lacks context and does not form a recognizable expression.
Example: "The associate put the files on the desk." (This example assumes "associate" and "put" are used separately, but "associate put" itself is not valid.)
Alternatives: "team member placed" or "colleague set".
A Clinton associate put it this way to Carl Bernstein: "I'm not sure I want the circus back in town".
All of that stirred in Mr. Lieberman the desire to be, as one former associate put it, "the one who made clear that this was unrealistic".
He can also be playful and self-deprecating, or he can be as "Machiavellian as they come," as one associate put it.
But more often, he has been forced to "pick up the pieces and go on," as one longtime Powell associate put it last month, after Mr. Bush announced his new Middle East policy.
It began with the comparison of the looks of Paula Broadwell, his lover, and Holly Petraeus, his wife, who are twenty years apart in age — as if older women could have no expectation of fidelity — and an almost gleeful cataloging of Broadwell's wardrobe, body, and, as a Petraeus associate put it anonymously, the "claws" that she got into the General.
He became, as one associate puts it, "not exactly unfamiliar with the interior of a private jet".
Over breakfast at a New Jersey diner, Katz fired his longtime associate, putting an end to the speculation that had tortured Casey for the past six days.
As one associate puts it, "Tell me I'm not out here risking federal prison on behalf of a crazy person".
But businessmen, as well as ministers, say that whether Bin Laden still has major investments in Sudan depends, as his former associate puts it, on whether "the government decides to give them back or not".
I associate putting on a dress and curling my hair with work.
"I think in fact Vesey and his associates put together a plan to destroy Charleston and kill as many white Southerners as they could," Mr. Pearson said.
