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[put one’s shoulder to the 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 on one’s thinking cap]{v. phr.} To think hard and long about some problem or question. •/Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question./

[put on paper] See: BLACK AND WHITE.

[put on the back burner] See: ON ICE.

[put on the dog]{v. phr.} To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. •/"Stop putting on the dog with me," Sue cried at Roy. "I knew the real you from way hack!"/

[put on the line] See: LAY ON THE LINE.

[put on the map]{v. phr.} To make (a place) well known. •/The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map./ •/Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map./

[put out]{v.} 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. •/Please put the light out when you leave the room./ •/The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. •/For years he had put out a weekly newspaper./ •/It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner./ 3. To invest or loan money. •/He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better./ 4. To make angry; irritate; annoy. •/It puts the teacher out to be lied to./ •/Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit./ 5. {informal} To cause inconvenience to; bother. •/He put himself out to make things pleasant for us./ •/Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?/ Compare: GO OUT OF ONE’S WAY. 6. To retire from play in baseball. •/The runner was put out at first base./ 7. To go from shore; leave. •/A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves./ 8. {vulgar}, {avoidable} Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse. •/It is rumored that Hermione gets her promotions as fast as she does because she puts out./

[put out of action] See: OUT OF ACTION.

[put out of the way]{v. phr.} To kill. •/When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ •/The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./

[put over]{v.} 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. •/They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday./ Syn.: PUT OFF. 2. {informal} To make a success of; complete. •/He put over a complex and difficult business deal./ Syn.: BRING OFF, PUT ACROSS, SLIP OVER. 3. {informal} To practice deception; trick; fool. — Used with "on". •/George thought he was putting something over on the teacher when he said he was absent the day before because his mother was sick and needed him./ •/Tom really slipped one over on us when he came to the Halloween party dressed as a witch./