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51put over — {v.} 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. * /They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday./ Syn.: PUT OFF. 2. {informal} To make a success of; complete. * /He put over a complex and difficult business deal./ Syn.: BRING OFF, PUT ACROSS,… …
52put\ over — v 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday. Syn.: put off 2. • slip over informal To make a success of; complete. He put over a complex and difficult business deal. Syn.: bring off, put across, slip …
53ˈput sth to sb — phrasal verb 1) to suggest something so that people can discuss it or consider it I put the resolution to the meeting.[/ex] I put it to her that she was mistaken.[/ex] 2) to ask someone a question The questions they put to me were quite difficult …
54put shoulder to wheel — If you put your shoulder to the wheel, you start putting a lot of effort into a difficult task. We ll have to put our shoulders to the wheel to deliver the goods on time …
55put on a brave face — to act confident in a difficult situation. The engineers have put on a brave face, saying the telescope can easily be repaired. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form put a brave face on something: She puts a brave face on everything, but you… …
56put someone through the wringer — go through/put someone through/the wringer phrase to suffer, or to make someone suffer, an unpleasant experience She’s been put through the wringer these past few months. Thesaurus: to be in, or to get into a difficult situationsynonym Ma …
57put yourself in somebody's shoes — be in sb s shoes | put yourself in sb s shoes idiom to be in, or imagine that you are in, another person s situation, especially when it is an unpleasant or difficult one • I wouldn t like to be in your shoes when they find out about it. • Well… …
58put somebody through the mill — go through the ˈmill | put sb through the ˈmill idiom to have or make sb have a difficult time • They really put me through the mill in my interview. Main entry: ↑millidiom …
59put someone on the spot — to ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer I m going to put you on the spot and ask what you would have done in his position …
60put something into words — to explain a feeling that you are having It s difficult to put into words how I feel about what happened …
