put the question to verb1 •To threaten a piece (especially, to threaten a developed bishop by moving a pawn to the third or sixth rank), in such a way that it forces the opponent to make a deeper strategic decision whether to sacrifice the piece.I put the question to the Rook, both to commit it away from the open d-file and to prevent c4-c5. — 1991 formsputting the question to · puts the question to
