Put (someone or something) first verb phrase
Treat or consider someone or something as the most important person or thing
Mothers always put their children first, and sacrifice themselves for them.
He always puts his career first.
We have to put the satisfaction of customers first.
Is the result worth the effort we have to put into it?
To take something into consideration in a thorough way
To think or consider something seriously
To think carefully and seriously or ponder about someone or something
The verb "put" should be conjugated according to its tense.
It was often said by a photographer when he would like small children to look at the camera and smile before he took a photo.
When the photographer said “watch the birdie”, all of us looked at the camera and smiled.