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[put someone on]{v.} To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid. •/When the voice on the phone told Mrs. Jones she had won a $10,000 prize, she thought someone was putting her on./

[put that in your pipe and smoke it]{v. phr.}, {informal} To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it. — Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude. •/People don’t vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it./ •/I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it./

[put the bite on]{v. phr.}, {slang} To ask (for money, favors, etc.) •/John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance./ •/Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise./

[put the cart before the horse] See: CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

[put their heads together] or [lay their heads together]{v. phr.}, {informal} To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over. •/They put their heads together and decided on a gift./ •/We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic./

[put through]{v. phr.} 1. To carry out; arrange. •/If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich./ 2. To connect (said of telephone calls). •/The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct dialing there yet./

[put through one’s paces]{v. phr.}, {informal} To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do. •/He put his new car through its paces./ •/Many different problems put the new mayor through his paces in the first months of his term./

[put to bed]{v. phr.} 1. To put to rest for the night. •/Father put the three children to bed./ •/The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed./ 2. {informal} To complete preparations and print. •/The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M./ •/The pressroom was late in putting the sports section to bed./

[put to it]{adj. phr.} Hard pressed; having trouble; in difficulty; puzzled. •/When he lost his job, he was rather put to it for a while to provide for his family./ •/The boy was put to it to answer the teacher’s question./

[put to rights] or [set to rights]{v. phr.}, {informal} To put in good order; clean up. •/It took the company a long time to put the office to rights after the fire./ •/It took Mrs. Smith an hour to set the room to rights after the party./

[put to sea]{v. phr.} To start a voyage. •/The captain said the ship would put to sea at six in the morning./ •/In the days of sailing ships, putting to sea depended on the tides./

[put to shame]{v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. •/The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ •/That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. •/Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity correct./