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put (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to put someone in prison for a long time. (Underworld.) : They put Bart away for fifteen years.
  2. tv.
    to knock someone unconscious. : One tap on the head and I put him away.
  3. tv.
    to kill someone. (Underworld.) : The gangster threatened to put me away if I told the police.
Slang Dictionary

put (so) definition


  1. tv.
    to tease or deceive someone innocently and in fun. : Come on! You're just putting me on!
  2. tv.
    to introduce someone to cannabis use, usually smoking. (Drugs.) : Where did you get that stuff? Who put you on?
Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions by Richard A. Spears.Fourth Edition.
Copyright 2007. Published by McGraw Hill.
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put

In addition to the idioms beginning with put, also see (put) at ease; (put on a) brave face; cart before the horse, put; clamp down (put the clamps on); flesh out (put flesh and bone on); for (put in one's) two cents; (put on a) hair shirt; hard put; (put) in effect; (put) in the picture; lay (put) one's cards on the table; lay (put) one's hands on; lay (put) the blame on; (put someone's) nose out of joint; not put something past someone; (put) off the track; (put) on a pedestal; (put) out of business; pull (put over) a fast one; put one's head on the block; throw (put) off the scent. Also see under set.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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