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31Put on By Cunning —   …
32put (your) foot down — 1. to tell someone in a strong way that they must do something or that they must stop doing something. You can t just let him do what he wants, you ll have to put your foot down. When Anna came home drunk one afternoon I decided it was time to… …
33put (your) money where (your) mouth is — to do something rather than to just talk about it. I finally realized that I should stop complaining about the people who run our town, put my money where my mouth is, and run for office. Usage notes: sometimes used in the form put its money… …
34put someone's back up — To show or arouse resentment, irritation or anger ● back * * * get/put/someone’s back up british informal phrase to annoy someone Don’t ask him about it any more or you’ll get his back up. Thesaurus: to make someone angry …
35put simply — put simply/simply put/ phrase used for saying that you are just giving the basic facts about a complicated situation Put simply, it was an offer we couldn’t refuse. Thesaurus: expressions used in summariessynonym Main entry: put …
36put someone out to grass — informal phrase to force someone to leave a job because they are old and no longer useful Thesaurus: forcing someone and being forced to leave a jobsynonym applying and interviewing for jobshyponym Main entry: grass * * * …
37put your heads together — phrase to think about a problem or to plan something together with other people Thesaurus: to think carefully or a lot about thingssynonym Main entry: head * * * put your heads together : to think of a solution to a problem with another person I… …
38Just compensation — is required to be paid by the Fifth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution (and counterpart state constitutions) when private property is taken (or in some states, damaged) for public use. For reasons of expedience, courts have been generally using… …
39Put-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… …
40put (someone) to sleep — 1. to bore someone very much. I tried reading one of her novels, but it just put me to sleep. All those technical discussions put everyone to sleep. 2. to help someone sleep. The sound of the crickets puts me to sleep every night …
