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not to put too fine a point on itUsed to apologise for a possibly impolite statement one is making.Rate it:

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put a damper onTo stop people from enjoying an activity.Rate it:

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put a gun to someone's headTo compel someone; to create a situation in which someone has no alternative course of action.Rate it:

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put a lid on itTo be quiet; shut up; to stop talking about something or making noise.Rate it:

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put a sock in itTo be quiet; to shut one's mouth; to stop talking.Rate it:

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put a stop toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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put an end toTo terminate or abolish something.Rate it:

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put asideTo ignore or intentionally forget something, temporarily or permanently, so that more important things can have one's attention.Rate it:

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put asunderTo sunder; disjoin; separate; disunite; divorce; annul; dissolve.Rate it:

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put awayTo take a large lead in a game.Rate it:

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put awayTo catch a fly ball or tag out a baserunner.Rate it:

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put awayTo send someone to prison.Rate it:

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put awayTo eat a great deal.Rate it:

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put backTo change the time in a time zone to an earlier time.Rate it:

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put byTo perform an action without attracting attention.Rate it:

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put downTo express deprecating, demeaning, critical, insulting remarks to another; expressions; 'put downs'.Rate it:

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put downTo make prices, or taxes, lower.Rate it:

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put downTo add a name to a list.Rate it:

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put downTo replace the telephone receiver and terminate a call. To hang up.Rate it:

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put downTo administer euthanasia to, as an animal too old or ill to cure.Rate it:

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put downTo insult, belittle, or demean.Rate it:

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put down asto assume someone has a particular character from very little information.Rate it:

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put down rootsTo feel that one belong in a place.Rate it:

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put downscrushing remarksRate it:

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put food on the tableTo provide enough money to cover basic necessities.Rate it:

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put hair on somebody's chestTo make a person stronger or more masculine.Rate it:

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put hair on someone's chestTo make a person (especially a male) stronger or more masculine or mature.Rate it:

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put in motionto trigger movement, to get goingRate it:

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put in the groundto buryRate it:

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put in the groundto killRate it:

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put in withTo commit to something with; to partner with.Rate it:

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put into effectTo implement; to execute; to carry out.Rate it:

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put into practiceTo take a theory and make it a practical reality.Rate it:

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put it pastTo consider it beyond what someone is capable of doing.Rate it:

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put it thereafter a discussion of barter etc the 'seller' offers his hand to shake on the deal (particularly in the US)Rate it:

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put not your trust in princesA warning that men of power and influence can be just as fickle and unreliable as the rest of us.Rate it:

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put onclothe oneself inRate it:

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put on a clinicTo perform excellently; to put on a show of brilliance.Rate it:

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put on a pedestalTo hold in very high esteem, especially to an exaggerated degree.Rate it:

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put on airsTo become haughty, to assume a haughty manner.Rate it:

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put on the dogTo dress up; to put on airs; to make a show of wealth and/or importance; to be pretentious.Rate it:

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put on the feedbagTo have a meal, eat.Rate it:

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put on the mapTo bring something into a position of prominence.Rate it:

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put on your faceput on your makeupRate it:

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put oneself acrossTo explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality.Rate it:

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put oneself in someone's shoesTo try to look at a situation from a different point of view; as if one were the other person. To empathise.Rate it:

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put outWhen someone is feels "put out". It means they did something they didn't want to do and now they feel "put out" about it...like being taken advantage of after they did it (begrudgingly).Rate it:

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put out a fireUsed other than as an idiom: put out a fire.Rate it:

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put out a fireTo address a problem, especially an unexpected one caused by the incompetence, negligence, or misconduct of another person.Rate it:

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put out feelersTo explore or watch for; ask around; investigate.Rate it:

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