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21put a dampener on something — put a damper/dampener/on something informal phrase to make people feel less enthusiastic or hopeful about something Thesaurus: to make someone feel disappointed or less hopefulsynonym Main entry …
22put-upon — also put upon ADJ GRADED If you are put upon, you are treated badly by someone who takes advantage of your willingness to help them. [INFORMAL] Volunteers from all walks of life are feeling put upon. ...Bernard s put upon wife Maud. Syn: used …
23put someone's mind at ease — put (someone s) mind at ease to cause someone to stop worrying. He chose his words carefully to put his mother s mind at ease. Usage notes: also used in the forms put someone s mind at rest and set someone s mind at rest: To put his mind at rest …
24put mind at ease — put (someone s) mind at ease to cause someone to stop worrying. He chose his words carefully to put his mother s mind at ease. Usage notes: also used in the forms put someone s mind at rest and set someone s mind at rest: To put his mind at rest …
25put´ter|er — put|ter1 «PUHT uhr», intransitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way: »She likes to spend the afternoon puttering in the garden. Also, potter. ╂[variant of potter2] –put´ter|er, noun. putt|er2 «PUHT uhr», noun. 1. a golf player who putts …
26put|ter — put|ter1 «PUHT uhr», intransitive verb. to keep busy in a rather useless way: »She likes to spend the afternoon puttering in the garden. Also, potter. ╂[variant of potter2] –put´ter|er, noun. putt|er2 «PUHT uhr», noun. 1. a golf player who putts …
27Put-in-Bay — (po͝ot ĭn bāʹ) A bay of western Lake Erie in an island off Ohio. The U.S. Navy under Oliver Hazard Perry defeated a British fleet here on September 10, 1813, in the War of 1812. * * * ▪ Ohio, United States village, Ottawa county, northern… …
28Put Call Parity — Put call parity is a fundamental relationship that must exist between the prices of a put option and a call option on the same underlying instrument with the same strike price and expiration date. If they are not the same then there is room… …
29put on a brave face — If you put on a brave face, or put a brave face on something, you behave confidently or cheerfully even though things are difficult. ( Brave front is also used.) …
30put in your two pennyworth — put in your two ˈpennyworth idiom (also put in your two ˈpenn orth) (both BrE) (NAmE put in your two ˈcents worth) (informal …
