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[put someone on] <v.> To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. * /When the voice on the phone told Mrs. Jones she had won a $10,000 prize, she thought someone was putting her on./
[put that in your pipe and smoke it] <v. phr.>, <informal> To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it.
– Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude. * /People don't vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it./ * /I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it./
[put the bite on] <v. phr.>, <slang> To ask (for money, favors, etc.) * /John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance./ * /Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise./
[put the cart before the horse] See: CART BEFORE THE HORSE.
[put their heads together] or [lay their heads together] <v. phr.>, <informal> To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over. * /They put their heads together and decided on a gift./ * /We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic./
[put through] <v. phr.> 1. To carry out; arrange. * /If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich./ 2. To connect (said of telephone calls). * /The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct dialing there yet./
[put through one's paces] <v. phr.>, <informal> To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. * /He put his new car through its paces./ * /Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term./
[put to bed] <v. phr.> 1. To put to rest for the night. * /Father put the three children to bed./ * /The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed./ 2. <informal> To complete preparations and print. * /The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M./ * /The pressroom was late in putting the sports section to bed./
[put to it] <adj. phr.> Hard pressed; having trouble; in difficulty; puzzled. * /When he lost his job, he was rather put to it for a while to provide for his family./ * /The boy was put to it to answer the teacher's question./
[put to rights] or [set to rights] <v. phr.>, <informal> To put in good order; clean up. * /It took the company a long time to put the office to rights after the fire./ * /It took Mrs. Smith an hour to set the room to rights after the party./
[put to sea] <v. phr.> To start a voyage. * /The captain said the ship would put to sea at six in the morning./ * /In the days of sailing ships, putting to sea depended on the tides./
[put to shame] <v. phr.> 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. * /Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity correct./
[put to sleep] <v. phr.> 1. To cause to fall asleep. * /Mother used to put us to sleep by telling us a good-night story and giving us a kiss./ 2. To kill with an injection (said of animals). * /Dr. Murphy, the veterinarian, put our sick, old dog to sleep./
[put to the sword] <v. phr.>, <literary> To kill (people) in war, especially with a sword. * /The Romans put their enemies to the sword./ * /In some wars captives have been put to the sword./
[put to use] <v. phr.> To use. * /During the early part of the Korean war the cooks and office workers of the U.S. Army were put to use in battle./ * /Henry decided to put his dictionary to use./ * /I wish you'd put the lawn mower to use!/
[put two and two together] <v. phr.> To make decisions based on available proofs; reason from the known facts; conclude; decide. * /He had put two and two together and decided where they had probably gone./ * /It was just a mater of putting two and two together: the facts seemed to permit only one decision./
[put up] <v.> 1a. To make and pack (especially a lunch or medicine); get ready; prepare. * /Every morning Mother puts up lunches for the three children./ * /The druggist put up the medicine that the doctor had prescribed./ Compare: MAKE UP(1). 1b. To put food into jars or cans to save; can. * /Mother is putting up peaches in jars./ 1c. To store away for later use. * /The farmer put up three tons of hay for the winter./ 2. To put in place; put (something) where it belongs. * /After he unpacked the car, John put it up./ * /After the hard ride, the doctor gave the horse to the stable boy to put up./ * /After the battle, the knight put up his sword./ Syn.: PUT AWAY. 3. To suggest that (someone) be chosen a member, officer, or official. * /The club decided to take in another member, and Bill put up Charles./ - Often used with "for". * /The Republicans put Mr. Williams up for mayor./ 4. To put (hair) a special way; arrange. * /Aunt May puts up her hair in curlers every night./ Compare: DO UP(3a). 5. To place on sale; offer for sale. * /She put the house up for sale./ 6a. To provide lodging for; furnish a room to. * /The visitor was put up in the home of Mr. Wilson./ * /They put Frank up at a good hotel./ 6b. To rent or get shelter; take lodging; stay in a place to sleep. * /The traveler put up at a motel./ * /We put up with friends on our trip to Canada./ 7. To make; engage in. * /He put up a good fight against his sickness./ Compare: CARRY ON. 8. To furnish (money) or something needed; pay for. * /He put up the money to build a hotel./
[put-up] <adj.> Artificially arranged; plotted; phony; illegal. * /The FBI was sure that the bank robbers worked together with an insider and that the whole affair was a put-up job./
[put up a (brave, good, etc.) flght] <v. phr.> To resist. * /He put up a good fight but he was bound to lose in the end to the older, more experienced chess player./
[put up a (brave] or [good) front] <v. phr.> To act courageously, even though one is actually afraid. * /When Joe was taken in for his open heart surgery, he put up a brave front, although his hands were shaking./
[put up or shut up] <v. phr.> <informal> 1. To bet your money on what you say or stop saying it.
– Often used as a command; often considered rude. * /The man from out of town kept saying their team would beat ours and finally John told him "Put up or shut up."/ 2. To prove something or stop saying it.
– Often used as a command; often considered rude. * /George told Al that he could run faster than the school champion and Al told George to put up or shut up./
[put upon] <v.> To use (someone) unfairly; expect too much from. Used in the passive or in the past participle. * /Martha was put upon by the bigger girls./ * /Arthur was a much put-upon person./
[put up to] <v. phr.>, <informal> To talk to and make do; persuade to; get to do. * /Older boys put us up to painting the statue red./ Compare: EGG ON.
[put up with] <v.> To accept patiently; bear. * /We had to put up with Jim's poor table manners because he refused to change./ * /The mother told her children, "I refuse to put up with your tracking in mud!"/ Compare: STAND FOR.
[put wise] <v.>, <slang> To tell (someone) facts that will give him an advantage over others or make him alert to opportunity or danger. * /The new boy did not know that Jim was playing a trick on him, so I put him wise./ - Often used with "to". * /Someone put the police wise to the plan of the bank robbers, and when the robbers went into the bank, the police were waiting to catch them./ Compare: TIP OFF.