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[put in one's place] , To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone's unsuitable pride; deflate. * /The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his place by saying, "No, I'm the boss here."/ * /She was a teacher who could put a troublemaker in his place with just a glance./ Syn.: CUT DOWN TO SIZE.

[put in one's two cents worth] See: TWO CENTS(2).

[put in one's way] See: PUT IN THE WAY OF.

[put in the way of] or [put in one's way] To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward. * /After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job./ * /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the subject of my report./

[put (it) in black and white] See: BLACK AND WHITE.

[put (it) in writing] See: BLACK AND WHITE.

[put it on thick] See: LAY IT ON.

[put off] 1. To cause confusion in; embarrass; displease. * /I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal./ * /The man's slovenliness put me off./ 2. To wait and have (something) at a later time; postpone. * /They put off the picnic because of the rain./ 3. To make (someone) wait; turn aside. * /When he asked her to name a day for their wedding, she put him off./ * /When the bill collector called, Mrs. Smith managed to put him off./ 4. To draw away the attention; turn aside; distract. * /Little Jeannie began to tell the guests some family secrets, but Father was able to put her off./ 5. To move out to sea; leave shore. * /They put off in small boats to meet the coming ship./ Syn.: PUT OUT.

[put on] 1. To dress in. * /The boy took off his clothes and put on his pajamas./ * /Mother put a coat on the baby./ 2a. To pretend; assume; show. * /Mary isn't really sick; she's only putting on./ * /He put on a smile./ * /The child was putting on airs./ 2b. To exaggerate; make too much of. * /That's rather putting it on./ Compare: LAY IT ON. 3. To begin to have more (body weight); gain (weight). * /Mary was thin from sickness, and the doctor said she must put on ten pounds./ * /Too many sweets and not enough exercise will make you put on weight./ 4a. To plan and prepare; produce; arrange; give; stage. * /The senior class put on a dance./ * /The actor put on a fine performance./ 4b. To make (an effort). * /The runner put on an extra burst of speed and won the race./ 5. To choose to send; employ on a job. * /The school put on extra men to get the new building ready./

[put-on] An act of teasing; the playing of a practical joke on someone. * /Eric didn't realize that it was a put-on when his friends phoned him that he won the lottery./

[put on airs] To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner. * /The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs./

[put on an act] 1. To perform a play. * /The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. * /"If you always put on an act," her father said, "people will never know who you really are."/

[put on ice] See: ON ICE(2).

[put one in one's place] See: CUT DOWN TO SIZE.

[put one in the picture] To inform someone of all the facts about a given situation. * /Once you're back from your overseas trip, we'll put you in the picture about recent developments at home./

[put one on a pedestal] To exaggeratedly worship or admire a person. * /Daniel puts Elaine on a pedestal and caters to her every whim./

[put one on one's feet] See: ON ONE'S FEET(2).

[put one out of the way] See: OUT OF THE WAY(3).

[put one through one's paces] To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. * /The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant./

[put one wise] To bring one up-to-date; inform someone; explain. * /Our old friend David put us wise as to where the best used cars could be found in Chicago./

[put one's back to it] To make a real effort; to try. * /You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it./ * /I'm sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it./

[put one's best foot forward] , To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one's best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./

[put one's cards on the table] See: LAY ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE.

[put oneself in another's place] or [put oneself in another's shoes] To understand another person's feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. * /It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to put myself in his place./ * /If you will put yourself in the customer's shoes you may realize why the thing isn't selling./

[put one's finger on] also [lay one's finger on] To find exactly. * /The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit./ * /We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit./

[put one's foot down] , To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision. * /John didn't want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down./ * /When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down./

[put one's foot in it] or [put one's foot in one's mouth] , To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. * /He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them./ * /She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it./

[put one's hand on] See: LAY ONE'S HANDS ON(3).

[put one's hand to] or [set one's hand to] or [turn one's hand to] To start working at; try to do. * /Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to./ * /After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry./

[put one's hand to the plow] or [set one's hand to the plow] To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. * /We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit./

[put one's head in the sand] See: HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND.

[put one's heart on one's sleeve] See: HEART ON ONE'S SLEEVE.

[put one's money on a scratched horse] , To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. * /You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse?/ Compare: STACK THE CARDS.

[put one's nose out of joint] , 1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor. * /When Jane accepted Tom's invitation it put Jack's nose out of joint./ 2. To ruin your plans; cause you disappointment. * /Joe's mother put his nose out of joint by not letting him go to the movie./

[put one's house in order] or [set one's house in order] To arrange your affairs in good order. * /Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order./ * /When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order./

[put one's shoulder to the wheel] To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. * /The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel./ * /The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to the wheel./

[put on one's thinking cap] To think hard and long about some problem or question. * /Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question./

[put on paper] See: BLACK AND WHITE.

[put on the back burner] See: ON ICE.

[put on the dog] To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. * /"Stop putting on the dog with me," Sue cried at Roy. "I knew the real you from way hack!"/

[put on the line] See: LAY ON THE LINE.

[put on the map] To make (a place) well known. * /The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map./ * /Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map./

[put out] 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. * /Please put the light out when you leave the room./ * /The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. * /For years he had put out a weekly newspaper./ * /It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner./ 3. To invest or loan money. * /He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better./ 4. To make angry; irritate; annoy. * /It puts the teacher out to be lied to./ * /Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit./ 5. To cause inconvenience to; bother. * /He put himself out to make things pleasant for us./ * /Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?/ Compare: GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY. 6. To retire from play in baseball. * /The runner was put out at first base./ 7. To go from shore; leave. * /A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves./ 8. , Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse. * /It is rumored that Hermione gets her promotions as fast as she does because she puts out./

[put out of action] See: OUT OF ACTION.

[put out of the way] To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./

[put over] 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. * /They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday./ Syn.: PUT OFF. 2. To make a success of; complete. * /He put over a complex and difficult business deal./ Syn.: BRING OFF, PUT ACROSS, SLIP OVER. 3. To practice deception; trick; fool. - Used with "on". * /George thought he was putting something over on the teacher when he said he was absent the day before because his mother was sick and needed him./ * /Tom really slipped one over on us when he came to the Halloween party dressed as a witch./

[put someone on] 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] , 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] , 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] , 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] 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] , 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] 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. 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./