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put over

verb

informal.
to communicate (facts, information, etc) comprehensibly
he puts his thoughts over badly
to postpone; defer Brit equivalentput off
the match was put over a week
put one over on or put a fast one over on informal.
to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
he put one over on his boss

My bet is they put over 10,000 kids on the waitlist every year for a class of 1,350.

The great-coat was put over his hands, and the next moment under the coat was heard a little sharp click.

At the Somme we put over on the enemy the only new thing that we have been able to spring during the whole three years—the tanks.

Paper and paste are put over the pipe except 21⁄2 inches in the center.

Even calcimine itself, put over a spot or a scar, will leave a mark.

You thought you had put over a clever one when you got me down at Easton to-day, but your game failed.

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