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put to the testTo test something or someone; to evaluate, scrutinize or explore by testing or experimentation.Rate it:

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put to useto use; to utilise; to applyRate it:

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put to workGive a job; Force to workRate it:

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put to workto put to useRate it:

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put upTo hang or mount.Rate it:

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put upto build or as past tense, builtRate it:

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put upTo store away.Rate it:

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put up one's dukesPrepare to fight; literally, to raise your fists.Rate it:

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put up or shut upDesist from saying something unless one is able to prove it.Rate it:

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put up toTo encourage or trick to perform an action which is foolish or wrong.Rate it:

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put upontake advantage ofRate it:

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put wool over one's eyesdeceive someoneRate it:

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put words in somebody's mouthTo attribute to somebody something he or she did not say; to claim inaccurately that somebody said or intended something.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo encourage or induce someone to appear to assert something by asking a leading question or by otherwise manipulating him or her.Rate it:

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put words in someone's mouthTo say or imply that someone has said something which he or she did not precisely or directly say.Rate it:

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Put Your Best Foot ForwardTo leave the perfect first impression, to try your best to do somethingRate it:

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Put Your Finger on SomethingTo be accurate in pointing out something, to precisely recognize or recall somethingRate it:

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Put Your Foot in Your MouthTo become trouble maker by uttering wrong words at wrong time, to put yourself into problem with your blundersRate it:

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put your hands togetherClap; applaud.Rate it:

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put your money where your mouth issupport your words with actionRate it:

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Put Your Shoulder to the WheelTo work really hard for something, making great effort to accomplish somethingRate it:

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put-up jobAn attempt to trick, deceive, or con someone.Rate it:

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put-up or shut up!Agree to pay-up, agree fully and forthwith to cooperate, join, invest oneself or funds or chattels.Rate it:

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ridden hard and put away wetMistreated; not properly cared for.Rate it:

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rode hard and put away wetA graphic way of saying someone is exhausted or. overworkedRate it:

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stay putTo remain in one fixed place.Rate it:

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you can't put a wise head on young shouldersAlternative form of you can't put an old head on young shoulders.Rate it:

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you can't put an old head on young shouldersYoung people inevitably lack the experience and wisdom which come with age.Rate it:

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back-cloth starAn actor who stands upstage, forcing the other actors to face him and turn their backs to the audience, in order to gain more attention to himself.Rate it:

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bare backRiding a horse without a saddle.Rate it:

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be glad to see the back ofTo be glad to get rid of someone; to be glad someone has left.Rate it:

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break one's backTo make a supreme effort.Rate it:

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bring backTo reenact an old rule or law.Rate it:

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but, satisfaction brought it backa common rejoinder to "curiosity killed the cat"Rate it:

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circle backTo revisit a topic, concept or idea after having put it on the back burner; to return to a place or locationRate it:

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dial backTo reduce; to restrain.Rate it:

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Eyes in the Back of Your HeadTo be able to imagine and feel what is happening behind or outside of one's field of visionRate it:

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have someone's backTo be prepared and willing to support or defend (someone).Rate it:

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hold backTo act with reserve; to contain one's full measure or power.Rate it:

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in through the back doorTo introduce a measure in a way which one's opponents will not notice.Rate it:

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look backTo look behind oneself.Rate it:

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Straw that Broke Camel's BackOne last mistake leading to previous calamity or trouble, not able to bear more than one’s capacity,Rate it:

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walk backUsed other than as an idiom: see walk, back.Rate it:

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you scratch my back and i'll scratch yoursIf you do me a favor then I will do you a favor; quid pro quo.Rate it:

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kick backTo relax.Rate it:

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bounce backTo recover from a negative without seemingly any damage.Rate it:

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all the way to egery and backThe long way; a roundabout route; a long distance to travel.Rate it:

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look backTo reminisce about a past time.Rate it:

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back upAs a security measure.Rate it:

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take backTo cause to remember some past event or time.Rate it:

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