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21put through — 1) PHRASAL VERB When someone puts through someone who is making a telephone call, they make the connection that allows the telephone call to take place. [V n P] The operator will put you through... [V n P] He asked to be put through to Charley… …
22put oneself in another's place — or[put oneself in another s shoes] {v. phr.} To understand another person s feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. * /It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to… …
23put oneself in another's place — or[put oneself in another s shoes] {v. phr.} To understand another person s feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. * /It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to… …
24put you off your game — cause you to play poorly, cause you to make errors Wearing a helmet will put me off my game. It will bother me …
25put you through the mill — test your endurance or will, give you a hard time, run the gauntlet On the first day, the workers will put you through the mill. They want to know if you are strong …
26put out feelers — verb To explore or watch for; ask around; investigate. I will put out feelers and see what I can find out about that. Syn: test the waters See Also: put out …
27put the screws on — informal you don t pay up and my pal Bruno here will put the screws on you, see? Syn: pressure, put pressure on, coerce, browbeat, use strong arm tactics on, strong arm; hold a gun to someone s head; informal turn the heat on, lean on, bulldoze …
28put someone or something out of the way — tv. to remove someone or something as a barrier. □ I will put the whole problem out of the way. □ Yes, she is a problem, but you’ll just have to put her out of the way and concentrate on this issue …
29put against a wall — to kill The classic form of execution by shooting in a prison yard: They will put anyone that answers back against a wall. (A. Clark, 1995, quoting Bormann s instructions to the Nazi Home Army in 1945) …
30put on one's thinking cap — think hard and long about something I will put on my thinking cap and try and decide what to do about finding a new job …
