to put a child

  • 61Child Discipline Act — Infobox NZ Legislation short title=Crimes (Substituted Section 59) Amendment Act 2007 long title=The purpose of this Bill is to stop force, and associated violence, being inflicted on children in the context of correction and discipline.… …

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  • 62Child of Light — The Child of Light is a term used to describe the person inhabited by The Voice of Prophecy and the main person in the Mrin Codex in David Eddings series Belgariad and Malloreon. He/she is the opposite of the Child of Dark.Children of Light… …

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  • 63put one's foot down —    To put one s foot down means to exert authority to prevent something from happening.     The child wanted to sleep on the sofa but his father put his foot down and sent him to bed …

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  • 64child performers —    During the heyday of the touring stock company, when whole families traveled and performed together, children grew up filling out crowd scenes. At mid century there was a fad for putting talented children into adult roles and presenting them… …

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  • 65put to the sword —    to kill    Usually of a large number of helpless victims, by any form of violence:     ... took Siakat by storm and put not only the Egyptian garrison, but every man, woman and child in the place to the sword. (F. Harris, 1925) …

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  • 66put someone through — 1》 subject someone to a gruelling or unpleasant experience. 2》 connect someone by telephone to another person or place. 3》 pay for one s child to attend school or college. → put …

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  • 67put someone to bed — take or prepare someone, typically a child, for rest in bed Clare put her to bed and gave her a mug of cocoa …

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  • 68Child refugees of the Greek Civil War — The evacuation of children, ( el. Παιδομάζωμα), is a side effect of the Greek Civil War that afflict Greek society for decates. About thirty thousand underaged children were leaving in territories controled by DSE were relocated to Eastern Bloc… …

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  • 69put to bed — verb a) To help someone, for example a child, go to bed b) To prepare a newspaper for printing See Also: bed down, go to bed, in bed, out of bed …

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  • 70put one on someone — vb to hit, punch someone. An aggressive euphemism which is also rendered by lay/ hang one on someone. ► One of my colleagues said that he felt like putting one on the attendant for the way he treated the child. (Inside the British Police, Simon… …

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