put someone away — 1. tv. to put someone in prison for a long time. (Underworld.) □ They put Bart away for fifteen years. CD The judge put away the whole gang. 2. tv. to knock someone unconscious. □ One tap on the head and I put him away. □ The cowboy slugged t … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
put someone away — (informal) 1 they put him away for life: JAIL, imprison, put in prison, put behind bars, lock up, incarcerate; informal cage; Brit. infor … Useful english dictionary
put someone away — informal confine someone in a prison or psychiatric hospital. → put … English new terms dictionary
put someone away — vb British to kill. A euphemism employed by underworld or would be underworld fig ures. ► When I told him he went spare he threatened to put the guy away … Contemporary slang
put (someone) off (their) stride — British, American & Australian, British & Australian to take someone s attention away from what they are doing so they are not able to do it well. She was making funny faces at me, trying to put me off my stroke. When I m playing chess, the… … New idioms dictionary
put someone's pot on — (Aust informal) 1. To inform on someone, give someone away 2. To undo or finish someone • • • Main Entry: ↑pot … Useful english dictionary
put someone to flight — CHASE AWAY/OFF, drive back/away/off/out, scatter (to the four winds), disperse, repel, repulse, rout, stampede, scare off; Brit. see off; informal send packing. → flight * * * put someone to flight … Useful english dictionary
put someone to flight — to make someone run away or try to escape The advancing army put the rebels to flight … English dictionary
put someone to death — EXECUTE, hang, behead, guillotine, decapitate, electrocute, shoot, gas, crucify, stone; kill, murder, assassinate, eliminate, terminate, exterminate, destroy; informal bump off, polish off, do away with, do in, knock off, top, string up, take out … Useful english dictionary
put someone to flight — the king s infantry put our demoralized militia to flight Syn: chase away/off, drive back/away/off/out, scatter (to the four winds), disperse, repel, repulse, rout, stampede, scare off; informal send packing … Thesaurus of popular words
put — verb past tense putpresent participle putting MOVE STH 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) to move something from one place or position into another, especially using your hands: put sth in/on/there etc: Put those bags on the table. | You should put … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
