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  • 121put·out — /ˈpʊtˌaʊt/ noun, pl outs [count] baseball : an action that causes a batter or runner on the opposite team to be out The shortstop fielded the grounder and threw to first base for the putout. see also put out at ↑put, 1 …

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  • 122put-down — Setdown Set down (s[e^]t doun ), n. The humbling of a person by act or words, especially by a disparaging remark, a retort or a reproof; the retort or the reproof which has such effect. Also called {put down}. [1913 Webster +PJC] …

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  • 123put-down — /poot down /, n. 1. a landing of an aircraft. 2. Informal. a. a disparaging, belittling, or snubbing remark. b. a remark or act intended to humiliate or embarrass someone. Also, putdown. [1960 65; n. use of v. phrase put down] * * * …

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  • 124put oneself in someone's shoes — verb To try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person. To empathise If you could just put yourself in his shoes for a moment, perhaps you would understand why it is not as easy as you seem to think.… …

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  • 125put the make on — verb To pursue with romantic interest, especially in an aggressive, sexually suggestive manner. His girl the one he has been trying unsuccessfully to put the make on hears the longing and the edge of desperation in his voice and kisses him on the …

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  • 126put up one's dukes — verb a) An invitation to, or the acceptance or encouragement of, a fistfight, where the dukes are the fists of one of the fighters and put up means to raise the fists. b) An invitation to, or the acceptance or encouragement of, a verbal or… …

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  • 127put one's foot in one's mouth — verb To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong. I really put my foot in my mouth during the interview. See Also: foot in mouth disease …

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  • 128PUT IN — (Roget s Thesaurus II) Index put in verb establish, introduce, load, ram take out verb pull, unload See also …

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