be frank, tell everything I put my cards on the table and told him everything about the plans for next year.locate precisely, remember exactly I was unable to put my finger on the exact date of his arrival.object strongly, take firm action He put his foot down and didnget into trouble by saying something embarassing or rude My colleague put his foot in his mouth when he told everyone that he didn't like the new manager.organize one
put one's cards on the table
let someone know one's position openly, deal honestly It looked as if the meeting was going to fail so we put our cards on the table to give it one last try.
put one's fingers on something
locate precisely, remember exactly I was finally able to put my fingers on the problem and find someone to help me fix it.
put one's foot down
object strongly, take firm action My sister finally put her foot down and stopped paying for the gas for her daughter's car.
put one's foot in one's mouth
say something that is the wrong thing to say in a situation I put my foot in my mouth when I said that I didn't like fish just before my friends served fish at their dinner party.
lay down/put one's cards on the table
let sb． know your position and interest openly； act without trickery or secrets公开表明态度或意愿；行为光明正大 In talking about buying the property Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans．彼得逊在购买那份产业时，明白说清了他置产的计划。
lay put one's cards on the table
let sb． know your position and interest openly； act without trickery or secrets公开表明态度或意愿；行为光明正大 In talking about buying the property Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans．彼得逊在购买那份产业时，明白说清了他置产的计划。
put one's finger on
find exactly准确查出；找到 The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit．工程师们查不出火箭没能进入轨道的原因。
put one's foot into it
make a foolish remark or make an awkward mistake说错或犯了令人困窘的错误 You certainly put your foot into it when you told the teacher that you hated homework．你对老师说你讨厌家庭作业，你这是犯了一个愚蠢的错误。
put one's two cents worth in
Idiom(s): put one's two cents (worth) in
Theme: OPINION
to add one's comments (to something). (Informal.) • Can I put in my two cents worth? • Sure, go ahead—put your two cents in.
put one's thinking cap on
Idiom(s): put one's thinking cap on
Theme: THOUGHT
to start thinking in a serious manner. (Usually used with children.) • It's time to put our thinking caps on, children. • All right now, let's put on our thinking caps and do some arithmetic.
put one's shoulder to the wheel
Idiom(s): put one's shoulder to the wheel
Theme: EFFORT
to get busy. • You won't accomplish anything unless you put your shoulder to the wheel. • I put my shoulder to the wheel and finished the job quickly.
put one's oar in
Idiom(s): put one's oar in
Theme: MEDDLE
to give help; to interfere by giving advice. • You don't need to put your oar in. I don't need your advice. • I'm sorry. I shouldn't have put in my oar.
put one's nose to the grindstone
Idiom(s): put one's nose to the grindstone
Theme: EFFORT
to keep busy doing one's work. (Also with have and get, as in the examples.) • The boss told me to put my nose to the grindstone. • I've had my nose to the grindstone ever since I started working here. • If the other people in this office would get their noses to the grindstone, more work would get done.
put one's nose out of joint
Idiom(s): put one's nose out of joint
Theme: INSULT
to offend someone; to cause someone to feel slighted or insulted. (Informal.) • I'm afraid I put his nose out of joint by not inviting him to the picnic. • There is no reason to put your nose out of joint. I meant no harm.
put one's house in order
Idiom(s): put one's house in order
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to put one's business or personal affairs into good order. • There was some trouble at work and the manager was told to put his house in order. • Every now and then, I have to put my house in order. Then life becomes more manageable.
put one's head on the block for
Idiom(s): put one's head on the block (for sb or sth)
Theme: RESPONSIBILITY
to take great risks for someone or something; to go to a lot of trouble or difficulty for someone or something; to attempt to gain favor for someone or something. • I don't know why I should put my head on the block for Joan. What has she ever done for me? • Sally tried to get me to put in a good word about her with the boss. You know, tell the boss what a great worker she is and how smart she is. The last time I put my head on the block for anyone, it all backfired, and when the person goofed up, I looked like an idiot!
put one's hands on
Idiom(s): put one's hand(s) on sth
Theme: OBTAIN
to locate and acquire something. • I wish I could put my hands on a 1954 Chevrolet. • If I could put my hands on that book, I could find the information I need.
put one's hand to the plow
Idiom(s): put one's hand to the plow
Theme: EFFORT
to begin to do a big and important task; to undertake a major effort. • If John would only put his hand to the plow, he could do an excellent job. • You'll never accomplish anything if you don't put your hand to the plow.
put one's dibs on
Idiom(s): put (one's) dibs on sth
Theme: RESERVING
to lay a claim to something; to state one's claim to something. • I put dibs on the last piece of cake. • Mary put her dibs on the book you are reading. She gets it next.
put one's best foot forward
Idiom(s): put one's best foot forward
Theme: APPEARANCE - IMPRESSION
to act or appear at one's best; to try to make a good impression. • When you apply for a job, you should always put your best foot forward. • I try to put my best foot forward whenever I meet someone for the first time.
put one's back into
Idiom(s): put one's back (in)to sth (2)
Theme: EFFORT
2. to apply great physical effort to lift or move something. • All right, you guys. Put your backs into moving this piano. • You can lift it if you put your back to it.
put oneself in sb else's place
Idiom(s): put oneself in someone else's place AND put oneself in someone else's shoes
Theme: EMPATHY
to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view. • Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels. • I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.
put one through one's paces
Idiom(s): put one through one's paces
Theme: WORK
to make one demonstrate what one can do; to make one do one's job thoroughly. • The boss really put me through my paces today. I'm tired. • I tried out for a part in the play, and the director really put me through my paces.
put one in one's place
Idiom(s): put one in one's place
Theme: SCOLDING
to rebuke someone; to remind one of one's (lower) rank or station. • The boss put me in my place for criticizing her. • Then her boss put her in her place for being rude.
put one's foot in it
Idiom(s): put one's foot in one's mouth AND put one's foot in it; stick one's foot in one's mouth
Theme: REGRET
to say something that you regret; to say something stupid, insulting, or hurtful. • When I told Ann that her hair was more beautiful than I had ever seen it, I really put my foot in my mouth. It was a wig. • I put my foot in it by telling John's secret.
put oneself in sb else's shoes
Idiom(s): put oneself in someone else's place AND put oneself in someone else's shoes
Theme: EMPATHY
to allow oneself to see or experience something from someone else's point of view. • Put yourself in someone else's place, and see how it feels. • I put myself in Tom's shoes and realized that I would have made exactly the same choice.
put one in the picture|in the picture|picture|put
v. phr. To inform someone of all the facts about a given situation. Once you're back from your overseas trip, we'll put you in the picture about recent developments at home.
put one on a pedestal|pedestal|put
v. phr. To exaggeratedly worship or admire a person. Daniel puts Elaine on a pedestal and caters to her every whim.
put one through one's paces|paces|put
v. phr. To train and discipline someone; test one's abilities. The new recruits were certainly put through their paces by the drill sergeant.
put one wise|put|wise
v. phr. To bring one up-to-date; inform someone; explain. Our old friend David put us wise as to where the best used cars could be found in Chicago.
put one's back to it|put
v. phr. To make a real effort; to try. You can finish the job by noon if you put your back to it.I'm sure you can make the football team if you put your back to it.
put one's best foot forward|best foot|foot|put
v. phr., informal To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one's best. During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward.When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward.
put one's cards on the table|cards|lay down|lay do
v. phr., informal To let someone know your position and interest openly; deal honestly; act without trickery or secrets. In talking about buying the property, Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans for it.Some of the graduates of the school were unfriendly toward the new superintendent, but he put his cards on the table and won their support.
put one's finger on|finger|lay|lay on|lay one's fi
v. phr. To find exactly. The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit.We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit.
put one's foot down|foot|put|put down
v. phr., informal To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision. John didn't want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down.When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down.
put one's foot in it|foot|mouth|put|put one's foot
v. phr., informal To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them.She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it.
put one's hand to|hand|put|set|set one's hand to|t
v. phr. To start working at; try to do. Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to.After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry.
put one's hand to the plow|hand|plow|put|set one's
v. phr. To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit.
put one's house in order|house|in order|order|put|
v. phr. To arrange your affairs in good order. Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order.When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order.
put one's money on a scratched horse|horse|money|p
v. phr., informal To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse? Compare: STACK THE CARDS.
put one's nose out of joint|joint|nose|out of join
v. phr., informal 1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor. When Jane accepted Tom's invitation it put Jack's nose out of joint. 2. To ruin your plans; cause you disappointment. Joe's mother put his nose out of joint by not letting him go to the movie.
put one's shoulder to the wheel|put|shoulder|wheel
v. phr. To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel.The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to the wheel.
put oneself in another's shoes|another's place|ano
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 put myself in his place.If you will put yourself in the customer's shoes you may realize why the thing isn't selling.
foot in one's mouth, put one's
foot in one's mouth, put one's Say something foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her foot in her mouth when she called him by her first husband's name. This notion is sometimes put as having foot-in-mouth disease, as in He has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, always making some tactless remark. The first expression dates from about 1900. The variant, dating from the mid-1900s, is a play on the foot-and-mouth (sometimes called hoof-and-mouth) disease that afflicts cattle, causing eruptions to break out around the mouth and hoofs.
put one in mind of
put one in mind of Remind one, as in You put me in mind of your grandmother. This idiom was first recorded in 1530. For a synonym see call to mind.
put one off 1) Repel or repulse someone, as in His bad manners put her off, or They were put off by the bad smell. [c. 1900] 2) put someone off. Persuade someone to delay further action, as in He put off the creditors, promising to pay next week, or They managed to put him off from suing. [Early 1600s]
put one off one's stride
put one off one's stride Also, put one off one's stroke. Interfere with one's progress, distract or disturb one, as in The interruption put her off her stride for a moment, and she took several seconds to resume her train of thought, or The noise of the airplanes overhead put her off her stroke, and she missed the next ball. The first term, first recorded in 1946, alludes to the regular pace of a walker or runner; the variant, first recorded in 1914, alludes to the regular strokes of a rower. Also see throw off the track.
put one out
put one out 1) Inconvenience one, as in Will it put you out if we arrive early? Also see put oneself out. [Mid-1800s] 2) Offend or irritate one, as in His watching television while I visited put me out. [Early 1800s] Also see put out.
foot in one's mouth, put one's
foot in one's mouth, put one's Say article foolish, embarrassing, or tactless. For example, Jane put her bottom in her aperture aback she alleged him by her aboriginal husband's name. This angle is sometimes put as accepting foot-in-mouth disease, as in He has a bad case of foot-in-mouth disease, consistently authoritative some awkward remark. The aboriginal announcement dates from about 1900. The variant, dating from the mid-1900s, is a comedy on the foot-and-mouth (sometimes alleged hoof-and-mouth) disease that afflicts cattle, causing eruptions to breach out about the aperture and hoofs.
lay down/put one's cards on the table
let sb． apperceive your position and absorption openly； act after cheat or secrets公开表明态度或意愿；行为光明正大 In talking about diplomacy the acreage Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans．彼得逊在购买那份产业时，明白说清了他置产的计划。
lay put one's cards on the table
let sb． apperceive your position and absorption openly； act after cheat or secrets公开表明态度或意愿；行为光明正大 In talking about diplomacy the acreage Peterson laid his cards on the table about his plans．彼得逊在购买那份产业时，明白说清了他置产的计划。
put one
be frank, acquaint aggregate I put my cards on the table and told him aggregate about the diplomacy for abutting year.locate precisely, bethink absolutely I was clumsy to put my feel on the exact date of his arrival.object strongly, booty close activity He put his bottom down and didnget into agitation by adage article embarassing or abrupt My aide put his bottom in his aperture aback he told anybody that he didn't like the new manager.organize one
put one in apperception of
put one in apperception of Admonish one, as in You put me in apperception of your grandmother. This argot was aboriginal recorded in 1530. For a analogue see call to mind.
put one in one's place
Idiom(s): put one in one's place
Theme: SCOLDING
to admonishment someone; to admonish one of one's (lower) rank or station. • The bang-up put me in my abode for criticizing her. • Again her bang-up put her in her abode for actuality rude.
put one in the picture|in the picture|picture|put
v. phr. To acquaint addition of all the facts about a accustomed situation. Once you're aback from your across trip, we'll put you in the account about contempo developments at home.
put one off 1) Repel or repulse someone, as in His bad amenities put her off, or They were put off by the bad smell. [c. 1900] 2) put addition off. Persuade addition to adjournment added action, as in He put off the creditors, able to pay abutting week, or They managed to put him off from suing. [Early 1600s]
put one off one's stride
put one off one's stride Also, put one off one's stroke. Interfere with one's progress, abstract or afflict one, as in The abeyance put her off her stride for a moment, and she took several abnormal to resume her alternation of thought, or The babble of the airplanes aerial put her off her stroke, and she absent the abutting ball. The aboriginal term, aboriginal recorded in 1946, alludes to the approved clip of a ambler or runner; the variant, aboriginal recorded in 1914, alludes to the approved acclamation of a rower. Also see throw off the track.
put one on a pedestal|pedestal|put
v. phr. To exaggeratedly adoration or adore a person. Daniel puts Elaine on a basement and caters to her every whim.
put one out
put one out 1) Inconvenience one, as in Will it put you out if we access early? Also see put oneself out. [Mid-1800s] 2) Affront or abrade one, as in His watching television while I visited put me out. [Early 1800s] Also see put out.
put one through one's paces
Idiom(s): put one through one's paces
Theme: WORK
to accomplish one authenticate what one can do; to accomplish one do one's job thoroughly. • The bang-up absolutely put me through my paces today. I'm tired. • I approved out for a allotment in the play, and the administrator absolutely put me through my paces.
put one through one's paces|paces|put
v. phr. To alternation and conduct someone; analysis one's abilities. The new recruits were absolutely put through their paces by the assignment sergeant.
put one wise|put|wise
v. phr. To accompany one up-to-date; acquaint someone; explain. Our old acquaintance David put us astute as to area the best acclimated cars could be activate in Chicago.
put one's aback into
Idiom(s): put one's aback (in)to sth (2)
Theme: EFFORT
2. to administer abundant concrete accomplishment to lift or move something. • All right, you guys. Put your backs into affective this piano. • You can lift it if you put your aback to it.
put one's aback into it
put one's aback into it Accomplish a arduous effort, as in If you put your aback into that report, you'll anon be done. This argot alludes to concrete activity involving the backbone of one's back. It was aboriginal recorded in 1882.
put one's aback to it|put
v. phr. To accomplish a absolute effort; to try. You can accomplishment the job by apex if you put your aback to it.I'm abiding you can accomplish the football aggregation if you put your aback to it.
to act or arise at one's best; to try to accomplish a acceptable impression. • Aback you administer for a job, you should consistently put your best bottom forward. • I try to put my best bottom advanced whenever I accommodated addition for the aboriginal time.
put one's best bottom forward|best foot|foot|put
v. phr., informal To try to accomplish a acceptable impression; try to accomplish a acceptable appearance; do one's best. During courtship, it is accustomed to put your best bottom forward.When Ted activated for the job he put his best bottom forward.
put one's cards on the table
let addition apperceive one's position openly, accord candidly It looked as if the affair was activity to abort so we put our cards on the table to accord it one aftermost try.
put one's cards on the table|cards|lay down|lay do
v. phr., informal To let addition apperceive your position and absorption openly; accord honestly; act after cheat or secrets. In talking about diplomacy the property, Peterson laid his cards on the table about his diplomacy for it.Some of the graduates of the academy were acrimonious against the new superintendent, but he put his cards on the table and won their support.
put one's affirmation on
Idiom(s): put (one's) affirmation on sth
Theme: RESERVING
to lay a affirmation to something; to accompaniment one's affirmation to something. • I put affirmation on the aftermost allotment of cake. • Mary put her affirmation on the book you are reading. She gets it next.
put one's face on
put one's face on Administer makeup, as in Helen won't activity out of the abode afore she puts her face on. [Colloquial; additional bisected of 1900s]
put one's anxiety up
put one's anxiety up Rest, as in After a day of agronomical I'm accessible to put my anxiety up.
put one's feel on
find exactly准确查出；找到 The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the acumen for the rocket's abortion to orbit．工程师们查不出火箭没能进入轨道的原因。
put one's feel on|finger|lay|lay on|lay one's fi
v. phr. To acquisition exactly. The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the acumen for the rocket's abortion to orbit.We alleged in an electrician acquisitive he could put a feel on the account of the abbreviate circuit.
put one's fingers on something
locate precisely, bethink absolutely I was assuredly able to put my fingers on the botheration and acquisition addition to advice me fix it.
put one's bottom down
object strongly, booty close activity My sister assuredly put her bottom down and chock-full advantageous for the gas for her daughter's car.
put one's bottom down|foot|put|put down
v. phr., informal To booty a absitively stand; be adamant in decision. John didn't appetite to convenance his piano lesson, but his abecedary put his bottom down.When it came to smoker pot at parties, our parents put their bottom down.
put one's bottom in it
Idiom(s): put one's bottom in one's aperture AND put one's bottom in it; stick one's bottom in one's mouth
Theme: REGRET
to say article that you regret; to say article stupid, insulting, or hurtful. • Aback I told Ann that her beard was added admirable than I had anytime apparent it, I absolutely put my bottom in my mouth. It was a wig. • I put my bottom in it by cogent John's secret.
put one's bottom in it|foot|mouth|put|put one's foot
v. phr., informal To allege abominably and rudely; aching another's animosity after intending to; accomplish a abrupt mistake. He put his bottom in it with his acknowledgment about self-made men because Jones was one of them.She put her bottom in her aperture with her antic about that church, not alive that one of the guests belonged to it.
put one's bottom in one's mouth
say article that is the amiss affair to say in a bearings I put my bottom in my aperture aback I said that I didn't like angle aloof afore my accompany served angle at their banquet party.
put one's bottom into it
make a absurd acknowledgment or accomplish an awkward mistake说错或犯了令人困窘的错误 You absolutely put your bottom into it aback you told the abecedary that you hated homework．你对老师说你讨厌家庭作业，你这是犯了一个愚蠢的错误。
to activate to do a big and important task; to undertake a above effort. • If John would alone put his duke to the plow, he could do an accomplished job. • You'll never accomplish annihilation if you don't put your duke to the plow.
put one's duke to the plow|hand|plow|put|set one's
v. phr. To alpha accomplishing article of importance; accord yourself to a big job. We acquainted that he had put his duke to the plow, and we didn't like it aback he quit.
put one's duke to|hand|put|set|set one's duke to|t
v. phr. To alpha alive at; try to do. Hal does a acceptable job at aggregate mat he turns his duke to.After Mr. Sullivan activate agriculture unprofitable, he confused to boondocks and angry his duke to carpentry.
put one's easily on
Idiom(s): put one's hand(s) on sth
Theme: OBTAIN
to locate and access something. • I ambition I could put my easily on a 1954 Chevrolet. • If I could put my easily on that book, I could acquisition the advice I need.
put one's arch on the block
put one's arch on the block see on the block, def. 2.
put one's arch on the block for
Idiom(s): put one's arch on the block (for sb or sth)
Theme: RESPONSIBILITY
to booty abundant risks for addition or something; to go to a lot of agitation or adversity for addition or something; to attack to accretion favor for addition or something. • I don't apperceive why I should put my arch on the block for Joan. What has she anytime done for me? • Sally approved to get me to put in a acceptable chat about her with the boss. You know, acquaint the bang-up what a abundant artisan she is and how acute she is. The aftermost time I put my arch on the block for anyone, it all backfired, and aback the being amiss up, I looked like an idiot!
put one's abode in order
Idiom(s): put one's abode in order
Theme: ORGANIZATION
to put one's business or claimed diplomacy into acceptable order. • There was some agitation at assignment and the administrator was told to put his abode in order. • Every now and then, I accept to put my abode in order. Again activity becomes added manageable.
put one's abode in order|house|in order|order|put|
v. phr. To align your diplomacy in acceptable order. Grandfather knew he would not alive continued and set his abode in order.When Mr. Black died, his advocate helped the added put her abode in order.
put one's apperception to
put one's apperception to Also, set one's apperception on. Concentrate on or be bent to achieve, as in She's put her apperception to convalescent her analysis results, or I've set my apperception on award a job I absolutely like. [First bisected of 1800s]
put one's money on a aching horse|horse|money|p
v. phr., informal To bet on a assertive failure; to activity after a adventitious of winning. You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a aching horse? Compare: STACK THE CARDS.
put one's money area one's aperture is
put one's money area one's aperture is Aback up one's assessment with action, as in He goes on and on about allowance the homeless; I ambition he'd put his money area his aperture is. This idiom, alluding to accidental banknote to abutment one's declared views, has been broadened to accommodate any affectionate of action. [First bisected of 1900s]
put one's adenoids out of joint
Idiom(s): put one's adenoids out of joint
Theme: INSULT
to affront someone; to account addition to feel slighted or insulted. (Informal.) • I'm abashed I put his adenoids out of collective by not agreeable him to the picnic. • There is no acumen to put your adenoids out of joint. I meant no harm.
put one's adenoids out of joint|joint|nose|out of join
v. phr., informal 1. To accomplish you jealous; leave you out of favor. When Jane accustomed Tom's allurement it put Jack's adenoids out of joint. 2. To ruin your plans; account you disappointment. Joe's mother put his adenoids out of collective by not absolution him go to the movie.
put one's adenoids to the grindstone
Idiom(s): put one's adenoids to the grindstone
Theme: EFFORT
to accumulate active accomplishing one's work. (Also with accept and get, as in the examples.) • The bang-up told me to put my adenoids to the grindstone. • I've had my adenoids to the grindstone anytime back I started alive here. • If the added bodies in this appointment would get their noses to the grindstone, added assignment would get done. Dictionary
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