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put

[poo

t] Pronunciation Key verb, put, put·ting, adjective, noun

–verb (used with object)

1.	to move or place (anything) so as to get it into or out of a specific location or position: to put a book on the shelf.

2.	to bring into some relation, state, etc.: to put everything in order.

3.	to place in the charge or power of a person, institution, etc.: to put a child in a special school.

4.	to subject to the endurance or suffering of something: to put convicted spies to death.

5.	to set to a duty, task, action, etc.: I put him to work setting the table.

6.	to force or drive to some course or action: to put an army to flight.

7.	to render or translate, as into another language: He put the novel into French.

8.	to provide (words) with music as accompaniment; set: to put a poem to music.

9.	to assign or attribute: You put a political interpretation on everything.

10.	to set at a particular place, point, amount, etc., in a scale of estimation: I'd put the distance at five miles.

11.	to bet or wager: to put two dollars on a horse.

12.	to express or state: To put it mildly, I don't understand.

13.	to apply, as to a use or purpose: to put one's knowledge to practical use.

14.	to set, give, or make: to put an end to an ancient custom.

15.	to propose or submit for answer, consideration, deliberation, etc.: to put a question before a committee.

16.	to impose, as a burden, charge, or the like: to put a tax on luxury articles.

17.	to invest (often fol. by in or into): to put one's money in real estate; to put one's savings into securities.

18.	to lay the blame of (usually fol. by on, to, etc.): He put my failure to lack of experience.

19.	to throw or cast, esp. with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder: to put the shot.

–verb (used without object)

20.	to go, move, or proceed: to put to sea.

21.	Informal. to begin to travel: to put for home.

22.	to shoot out or grow, or send forth shoots or sprouts.

–noun

23.	a throw or cast, esp. one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.

24.	Also called put option. Finance. an option that gives the right to sell a fixed amount of a particular stock at a predetermined price within a given time, purchased by a person who expects the stock to decline. Compare call (def. 52).

—Verb phrases

25.

put about,

a.	Nautical. to change direction, as on a course.

b.	to start (a rumor); circulate.

c.	to inconvenience; trouble.

d.	to disturb; worry.

e.	to turn in a different direction.

26.

put across,

a.	to cause to be understood or received favorably: She put across her new idea. He puts himself across well.

b.	to do successfully; accomplish: to put a project across.

c.	to be successful in (a form of deception): It was obviously a lie, but he put it across.

27.

put aside or by,

a.	to store up; save.

b.	Also, set aside. to put out of the way; place to one side: Put aside your books and come for a walk.

28.

put away,

a.	to put in the designated place for storage: Put away the groceries as soon as you get home.

b.	to save, esp. for later use: to put away a few dollars each week.

c.	to discard: Put away those childish notions.

d.	to drink or eat, esp. in a large quantity; finish off: to put away a hearty supper after jogging.

e.	to confine in a jail or a mental institution: He was put away for four years.

f.	to put to death by humane means: The dog was so badly injured that the veterinarian had to put it away.

29.

put down,

a.	to write down; register; record.

b.	to enter in a list, as of subscribers or contributors: Put me down for a $10 donation.

c.	to suppress; check; squelch: to put down a rebellion.

d.	to attribute; ascribe: We put your mistakes down to nervousness.

e.	to regard or categorize: He was put down as a chronic complainer.

f.	Informal. to criticize, esp. in a contemptuous manner; disparage; belittle.

g.	Informal. to humble, humiliate, or embarrass.

h.	to pay as a deposit.

i.	to store for future use: to put down a case of wine.

j.	to dig or sink, as a well.

k.	to put (an animal) to death; put away.

l.	to land an aircraft or in an aircraft: We put down at Orly after six hours.

30.

put forth,

a.	to bring out; bear; grow: The trees are putting forth new green shoots.

b.	to propose; present: No one has put forth a workable solution.

c.	to bring to public notice; publish: A new interpretation of the doctrine has been put forth.

d.	to exert; exercise: We will have to put forth our best efforts to win.

e.	to set out; depart: Dark clouds threatened as we put forth from the shore.

31.

put forward,

a.	to propose; advance: I hesitated to put forward my plan.

b.	to nominate, promote, or support, as for a position: We put him forward for treasurer.

32.

put in,

a.	Also, put into. Nautical. to enter a port or harbor, esp. for shelter, repairs, or provisions.

b.	to interpose; intervene.

c.	to spend (time) as indicated.

33.	put in for, to apply for or request (something): I put in for a transfer to another department.

34.

put off,

a.	to postpone; defer.

b.	to confuse or perturb; disconcert; repel: We were put off by the book's abusive tone.

c.	to get rid of by delay or evasion.

d.	to lay aside; take off.

e.	to start out, as on a voyage.

f.	to launch (a boat) from shore or from another vessel: They began to put off the lifeboats as the fire spread.

35.

put on,

a.	to clothe oneself with (an article of clothing).

b.	to assume insincerely or falsely; pretend.

c.	to assume; adopt.

d.	to inflict; impose.

e.	to cause to be performed; produce; stage.

f.	Informal. to tease (a person), esp. by pretending the truth of something that is untrue: You can't be serious—you're putting me on, aren't you?

g.	to act in a pretentious or ostentatious manner; exaggerate: All that putting on didn't impress anyone.

36.

put out,

a.	to extinguish, as a fire.

b.	to confuse; embarrass.

c.	to be vexed or annoyed: He was put out when I missed our appointment.

d.	to subject to inconvenience.

e.	Baseball, Softball, Cricket. to cause to be removed from an opportunity to reach base or score; retire.

f.	to publish.

g.	to go out to sea.

h.	to manufacture; prepare; produce.

i.	to exert; apply: They were putting out their best efforts.

j.	Slang: Vulgar. (of a woman) to engage in coitus.

37.

put over,

a.	to succeed in; accomplish: It will take an exceptional administrator to put over this reorganization.

b.	to postpone; defer: Discussion of this point will be put over until new evidence is introduced.

38.

put through,

a.	to complete successfully; execute: He was not able to put through his project.

b.	to bring about; effect: The proposed revisions have not as yet been put through.

c.	to make a telephone connection for: Put me through to Los Angeles.

d.	to make (a telephone connection): Put a call through to Hong Kong.

e.	to cause to undergo or endure: She's been put through a lot the past year.

39.

put up,

a.	to construct; erect.

b.	to can (vegetables, fruits, etc.); preserve (jam, jelly, etc.).

c.	to set or arrange (the hair).

d.	to provide (money); contribute.

e.	to accommodate; lodge.

f.	to display; show.

g.	to stake (money) to support a wager.

h.	to propose as a candidate; nominate: Someone is going to put him up for president.

i.	to offer, esp. for public sale.

j.	Archaic. to sheathe one's sword; stop fighting.

40.	put upon, to take unfair advantage of; impose upon: Some of the employees felt put upon when they were asked to work late.

41.	put up to, to provoke; prompt; incite: Someone put him up to calling us.

42.	put up with, to endure; tolerate; bear: I couldn't put up with the noise any longer.

—Idioms

43.

put it to, Slang.

a.	to overburden with work, blame, etc.: They really put it to him in officer-training school.

b.	to take advantage of; cheat: That used car dealer put it to me good.

44.	put oneself out, to take pains; go to trouble or expense: She has certainly put herself out to see that everyone is comfortable.

45.	put something over on, to take advantage of; deceive: He suspected that his friend had put something over on him, but he had no proof.

46.	put to it, to be confronted with a problem; have difficulty: We were put to it to find the missing notebook.

47.	stay put, Informal. to remain in the same position; refuse to move: The baby wouldn't stay put, and kept trying to climb out of the playpen.

[Origin: bef. 1000; ME put(t)en to push, thrust, put, OE *putian (as v. noun putung an impelling, inciting); akin to pytan, potian to push, goad, c. ON pota to thrust, poke

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—Synonyms 1. Put, place, lay, set mean to bring or take an object (or cause it to go) to a certain location or position, there to leave it. Put is the general word: to put the dishes on the table; to put one's hair up. Place is a more formal word, suggesting precision of movement or definiteness of location: He placed his hand on the Bible. Lay, meaning originally to cause to lie, and set, meaning originally to cause to sit, are used particularly to stress the position in which an object is put: lay usually suggests putting an object rather carefully into a horizontal position: to lay a pattern out on the floor. Set usually means to place upright: to set a child on a horse. 16. levy, inflict.

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put-on

[n. poot-on, -awn; adj. poot-on, -awn] Pronunciation Key

–noun Informal.

1.	an act or instance of putting someone on.

2.	a prank or pretense, esp. one perpetrated or assumed in mock seriousness; hoax; spoof.

3.	affected manner or behavior; pretentiousness.

–adjective

4.	assumed, feigned, pretended, or disguised: a put-on manner that didn't fool anyone.

[Origin: 1855–60; adj., n. use of v. phrase put (someone) on

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put   (pŏŏt) Pronunciation Key
v.   put, put·ting, puts

v.   tr.

To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.
To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.
To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.
To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.
To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.
Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.
Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.
To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.
To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.
To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.
To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.
To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.
To apply: We must put our minds to it.
To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.

v. intr.

To begin to move, especially in a hurry.
Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.

Sports An act of putting the shot.
An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.

adj. Informal

Fixed; stationary: stay put.

Phrasal Verbs:

put about Nautical

To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.

put across

To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.
To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
2. To bury.
3. To write down.
4. To enter in a list.
5. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
6. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
7. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
8. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
9. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
10. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
11. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
12. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
13. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
14. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
15. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
16. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
17. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
18. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
19. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
1. To write down.
2. To enter in a list.
3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
10. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
11. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
12. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
13. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
14. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
15. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
16. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
17. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
8. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
9. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
10. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
11. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
12. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
13. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
14. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
15. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
Slang
1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
6. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
7. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
8. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
9. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
10. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
11. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
12. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
13. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
3. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
4. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
5. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
6. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
7. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
8. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
9. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
10. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.
To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.
To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
To apply: put in for early retirement.
Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.
1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
3. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
4. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
5. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
6. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
7. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
8. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.
To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
To add: put on weight.
To produce; perform: put on a variety show.
To extinguish: put out a fire.
Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
To expel: put out a drunk.
To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
3. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
4. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
5. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
6. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
To make an effort.
Baseball To retire a runner.
Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.
To postpone; delay.
To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.
To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).
3. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
4. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.
To erect; build.
To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

Phrasal Verb(s):
put about Nautical
To change or cause to change direction; go or cause to go from one tack to another.
put across

To state so as to be understood clearly or accepted readily: put her views across during the hearing.
To attain or carry through by deceit or trickery.

put away

To renounce; discard: put all negative thoughts away.
Informal To consume (food or drink) readily and quickly: put away the dinner in just a few minutes.
Informal To confine to a mental health facility.
1. Informal To kill: The injured cat was put away.
2. To bury.

put by
To save for later use: "Some crops were so abundant they could even be put by" (Carole Lalli).
put down

1. To write down.
2. To enter in a list.
3. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
4. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
5. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
6. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
7. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
8. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
9. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
1. To bring to an end; repress: put down a rebellion.
2. To render ineffective: put down rumors.
3. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
4. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
5. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
6. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
7. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
To subject (an animal) to euthanasia.
Slang
1. To criticize: put me down for failing the course.
2. To belittle; disparage: put down their knowledge of literature.
3. To humiliate: "Many status games seem designed to put down others" (Alvin F. Poussaint).
4. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
5. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
1. To assign to a category: Just put him down as a sneak.
2. To attribute: Let's put this disaster down to inexperience.
To consume (food or drink) readily; put away: puts down three big meals a day.

put forth

To grow: Plants put forth new growth in the spring.
To bring to bear; exert: At least put forth a semblance of effort when you scrub the floor.
To offer for consideration: put forth an idea.

put forward
To propose for consideration: put forward a new plan.
put in

To make a formal offer of: put in a plea of guilty.
To introduce, as in conversation; interpose: He put in a good word for me.
To spend (time) at a location or job: I put in eight hours at the office.
To plant: We put in 20 rows of pine trees.
To apply: put in for early retirement.
Nautical To enter a port or harbor: The freighter puts in at noon.

put off

1. To delay; postpone: put off paying the bills.
2. To persuade to delay further action: managed to put off the creditors for another week.
To take off; discard: put off a sweater.
To repel or repulse, as from bad manners: His indifferent attitude has put us off.
To pass (money) or sell (merchandise) fraudulently.

put on

To clothe oneself with; don: put on a coat; put socks on.
To apply; activate: put on the brakes.
To assume affectedly: put on an English accent.
Slang To tease or mislead (another): You're putting me on!
To add: put on weight.
To produce; perform: put on a variety show.

put out

To extinguish: put out a fire.
Nautical To leave, as a port or harbor; depart.
To expel: put out a drunk.
To publish: put out a weekly newsletter.
1. To inconvenience: Did our early arrival put you out?
2. To offend or irritate: I was put out by his attention to the television set.
To make an effort.
Baseball To retire a runner.
Vulgar Slang To be sexually active. Used of a woman.

put over

To postpone; delay.
To put across, especially to deceive: tried to put a lie over, but to no avail.

put through

To bring to a successful end: put the project through on time; put through a number of new laws.
To cause to undergo: He put me through a lot of trouble.
1. To make a telephone connection for: The operator put me through on the office line.
2. To obtain a connection for (a telephone call).

put to Nautical
To head for shore.
put together
To construct; create: put together a new bookcase; put together a tax package.
put up

To erect; build.
To preserve; can: put up six jars of jam.
To nominate: put up a candidate at a convention.
To provide (funds) in advance: put up money for the new musical.
To provide lodgings for: put a friend up for the night.
Sports To startle (game animals) from cover: put up grouse.
To offer for sale: put up his antiques.
1. To make a display or the appearance of: put up a bluff.
2. To engage in; carry on: put up a good fight.

put upon
To impose on; overburden: He was always being put upon by his friends.

Idiom(s):
put an end/a halt/a stop to
To bring to an end; terminate.

Idiom(s):
put down roots
To establish a permanent residence in a locale.

Idiom(s):
put in an appearance
To attend a social engagement, especially for a short time.

Idiom(s):
put it to (someone) Slang

To overburden with tasks or work.
To put blame on.
To take unfair advantage of.
To lay out the facts of a situation to (another) in a forceful candid manner.
To defeat soundly; trounce.

Idiom(s):
put (one) in mind
To remind: You put me in mind of your grandmother.

Idiom(s):
put (oneself) out
To make a considerable effort; go to trouble or expense.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) finger on
To identify: I can't put my finger on the person in that photograph.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) foot down
To take a firm stand.

Idiom(s):
put (one's) foot in (one's) mouth
To make a tactless remark.

Idiom(s):
put paid to Chiefly British
To finish off; put to rest: "We've given up saying we only kill to eat; Kraft dinner and freeze-dried food have put paid to that one" (Margaret Atwood).

Idiom(s):
put (someone) in (someone's) place
To lower the dignity of (someone); humble.

Idiom(s):
put (someone) through (someone's) paces
To cause to demonstrate ability or skill; test: The drama coach put her students through their paces before the first performance.

Idiom(s):
put (someone) up to
To cause to commit a funny, mischievous, or malicious act: My older brother put me up to making a prank telephone call.

Idiom(s):
put something over on:
To deceive, cheat, or trick.

Idiom(s):
put the arm/bite/squeeze on Slang
To ask another for money.

Idiom(s):
put the finger on Slang
To inform on: The witness put the finger on the killer.

Idiom(s):
put the make/moves on Slang
To make sexual advances to.

Idiom(s):
put the screws to/on Slang
To pressure (another) in an extreme manner.

Idiom(s):
put the skids on Slang
To bring to a halt: "Sacrificing free speech to put the skids on prurient printed matter is not the correct path, the courts said" (Curtis J. Sitomer).

Idiom(s):
put to bed Informal

To make final preparations for the printing of (a newspaper, for example).
To make final preparations for completing (a project).

Idiom(s):
put to it
To cause extreme difficulty for: We were put to it to finish the book on time.

Idiom(s):
put to sleep

To make weary; bore.
To subject to euthanasia.
To subject to general anesthesia.

Idiom(s):
put two and two together
To draw the proper conclusions from existing evidence or indications.

Idiom(s):
put up or shut up Slang
To have to endure (something unpleasant) without complaining or take the action necessary to remove the source of the unpleasantry.

Idiom(s):
put up with
To endure without complaint: We had to put up with the inconvenience.

[Middle English putten, back-formation from Old English *pūtte, past tense of pȳtan, to put out.]

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put on
adjective
1.	adopted in order to deceive; "an assumed name"; "an assumed cheerfulness"; "a fictitious address"; "fictive sympathy"; "a pretended interest"; "a put-on childish voice"; "sham modesty" [syn: assumed]
verb
1.	put clothing on one's body; "What should I wear today?"; "He put on his best suit for the wedding"; "The princess donned a long blue dress"; "The queen assumed the stately robes"; "He got into his jeans" [syn: wear]
2.	add to something existing; "She put on a sun room"
3.	put on the stove or ready for cooking; "put on the tea, please!"
4.	carry out (performances); "They turned in a splendid effort"; "They turned in top jobs for the second straight game"
5.	add to the odometer; "He put on 1,000 miles on this trip"
6.	prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance; "mount a theater production"; "mount an attack"; "mount a play" [syn: mount]
7.	apply to a surface; "She applied paint to the back of the house"; "Put on make-up!"
8.	fool or hoax; "The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone"; "You can't fool me!"
9.	increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising" [syn: gain] [ant: lose weight]

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put on

Clothe oneself with, as in I put on my socks. [Mid-1400s]
Apply, activate, as in He put on the brakes. [Mid-1700s]
Assume affectedly, pretend to, as in He put on a British accent. This idiom is sometimes put as put it on, as in He's not really asleep; he's putting it on. [Late 1600s; late 1800s]
put someone on. Tease or mislead another, as in I don't believe you! You're putting me on. [Slang; mid-1900s]
Add to, gain, as in Please put this on our bill, or I've put on some weight.
Cause to be performed, produce, as in I hear they're putting on Shakespeare this summer. [Late 1800s]

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