Π§ΠΈΡΠ°ΡΡ ΠΎΠ½Π»Π°ΠΉΠ½ Β«Π‘Π»ΠΎΠ²Π°ΡΡ Π°ΠΌΠ΅ΡΠΈΠΊΠ°Π½ΡΠΊΠΈΡ ΠΈΠ΄ΠΈΠΎΠΌ: 8000 Π΅Π΄ΠΈΠ½ΠΈΡΒ». Π‘ΡΡΠ°Π½ΠΈΡΠ° 117
ΠΠ²ΡΠΎΡ Adam Makkai
[put-on]{n.} An act of teasing; the playing of a practical joke on someone. β’/Eric didnβt realize that it was a put-on when his friends phoned him that he won the lottery./
[put on airs]{v. phr.} To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner. β’/The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs./
[put on an act]{v. phr.} 1. To perform a play. β’/The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents./ 2. To pretend. β’/"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 oneβs place] See: CUT DOWN TO SIZE.
[put one in the picture]{v. phr.} To inform someone of all the facts about a given situation. β’/Once youβre back from your overseas trip, weβll put you in the picture about recent developments at home./
[put one on a pedestal]{v. phr.} To exaggeratedly worship or admire a person. β’/Daniel puts Elaine on a pedestal and caters to her every whim./
[put one on oneβs feet] See: ON ONEβS FEET(2).
[put one out of the way] See: OUT OF THE WAY(3).
[put one through oneβs paces]{v. phr.} To train and discipline someone; test oneβs abilities. β’/The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant./
[put one wise]{v. phr.} To bring one up-to-date; inform someone; explain. β’/Our old friend David put us wise as to where the best used cars could be found in Chicago./
[put oneβs back to it]{v. phr.} To make a real effort; to try. β’/You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it./ β’/Iβm sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it./
[put oneβs best foot forward]{v. phr.}, {informal} To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do oneβs best. β’/During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ β’/When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./
[put oneβs cards on the table] See: LAY ONEβS CARDS ON THE TABLE.
[put oneself in anotherβs place] or [put oneself in anotherβs shoes] {v. phr.} To understand another personβs feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. β’/It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to put myself in his place./ β’/If you will put yourself in the customerβs shoes you may realize why the thing isnβt selling./
[put oneβs finger on] also [lay oneβs finger on] {v. phr.} To find exactly. β’/The engineers couldnβt put their fingers on the reason for the rocketβs failure to orbit./ β’/We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit./
[put oneβs foot down]{v. phr.}, {informal} To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision. β’/John didnβt want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down./ β’/When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down./
[put oneβs foot in it] or [put oneβs foot in oneβs mouth] {v. phr.}, {informal} To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt anotherβs feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. β’/He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them./ β’/She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it./
[put oneβs hand on] See: LAY ONEβS HANDS ON(3).
[put oneβs hand to] or [set oneβs hand to] or [turn oneβs hand to] {v. phr.} To start working at; try to do. β’/Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to./ β’/After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry./
[put oneβs hand to the plow] or [set oneβs hand to the plow] {v. phr.} To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. β’/We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didnβt like it when he quit./
[put oneβs head in the sand] See: HIDE ONEβS HEAD IN THE SAND.
[put oneβs heart on oneβs sleeve] See: HEART ON ONEβS SLEEVE.
[put oneβs money on a scratched horse]{v. phr.}, {informal} To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. β’/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 oneβs nose out of joint]{v. phr.}, {informal} 1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor. β’/When Jane accepted Tomβs invitation it put Jackβs nose out of joint./ 2. To ruin your plans; cause you disappointment. β’/Joeβs mother put his nose out of joint by not letting him go to the movie./
[put oneβs house in order] or [set oneβs house in order] {v. phr.} To arrange your affairs in good order. β’/Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order./ β’/When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order./
[put oneβs shoulder to the wheel]{v. phr.} To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. β’/The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel./ β’/The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to the wheel./
[put on oneβs thinking cap]{v. phr.} To think hard and long about some problem or question. β’/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]{v. phr.} To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. β’/"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]{v. phr.} To make (a place) well known. β’/The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map./ β’/Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map./
[put out]{v.} 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. β’/Please put the light out when you leave the room./ β’/The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. β’/For years he had put out a weekly newspaper./ β’/It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner./ 3. To invest or loan money. β’/He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better./ 4. To make angry; irritate; annoy. β’/It puts the teacher out to be lied to./ β’/Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit./ 5. {informal} To cause inconvenience to; bother. β’/He put himself out to make things pleasant for us./ β’/Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?/ Compare: GO OUT OF ONEβS WAY. 6. To retire from play in baseball. β’/The runner was put out at first base./ 7. To go from shore; leave. β’/A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves./ 8. {vulgar}, {avoidable} Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse. β’/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]{v. phr.} To kill. β’/When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ β’/The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./
[put over]{v.} 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. β’/They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday./ Syn.: PUT OFF. 2. {informal} To make a success of; complete. β’/He put over a complex and difficult business deal./ Syn.: BRING OFF, PUT ACROSS, SLIP OVER. 3. {informal} To practice deception; trick; fool.βββUsed with "on". β’/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./ β’/Tom really slipped one over on us when he came to the Halloween party dressed as a witch./
[put someone on]{v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. β’/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.βββUsually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude. β’/People donβt vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it./ β’/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.) β’/John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance./ β’/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. β’/They put their heads together and decided on a gift./ β’/We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic./
[put through]{v. phr.} 1. To carry out; arrange. β’/If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich./ 2. To connect (said of telephone calls). β’/The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct dialing there yet./
[put through oneβs 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. β’/He put his new car through its paces./ β’/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. β’/Father put the three children to bed./ β’/The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed./ 2. {informal} To complete preparations and print. β’/The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M./ β’/The pressroom was late in putting the sports section to bed./
[put to it]{adj. phr.} Hard pressed; having trouble; in difficulty; puzzled. β’/When he lost his job, he was rather put to it for a while to provide for his family./ β’/The boy was put to it to answer the teacherβs question./
[put to rights] or [set to rights] {v. phr.}, {informal} To put in good order; clean up. β’/It took the company a long time to put the office to rights after the fire./ β’/It took Mrs. Smith an hour to set the room to rights after the party./
[put to sea]{v. phr.} To start a voyage. β’/The captain said the ship would put to sea at six in the morning./ β’/In the days of sailing ships, putting to sea depended on the tides./
[put to shame]{v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. β’/The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ β’/That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. β’/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. β’/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). β’/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. β’/The Romans put their enemies to the sword./ β’/In some wars captives have been put to the sword./
[put to use]{v. phr.} To use. β’/During the early part of the Korean war the cooks and office workers of the U.S. Army were put to use in battle./ β’/Henry decided to put his dictionary to use./ β’/I wish youβd put the lawn mower to use!/