The man put the child on the pony and led it about.
•June put the lid on the pickle jar and put it in the fridge.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
put (someone) through (something) — 1. to force someone to experience something unpleasant in order to help them. His teacher put him through six months of writing essays every day to improve his skills. 2. to unintentionally cause someone to experience something painful. Elaine… … New idioms dictionary
put someone or something to the test — put (someone or something) to the test : to cause (someone or something) to be in a situation that shows how strong, good, etc., that person or thing really is The team has been playing well so far, but tomorrow s game will really put them to the … Useful english dictionary
put someone or something through his/her/its paces — to test what someone or something can do We brought home three different computers and put them through their paces. • • • Main Entry: ↑pace … Useful english dictionary
put someone or something in the shade — put (someone or something) in the shade chiefly Brit informal : to be much better than (someone or something) Their performance really put ours in the shade. • • • Main Entry: ↑shade … Useful english dictionary
put someone or something to shame — put (someone or something) to shame : to be much better than (someone or something) Her art project put mine to shame. [=her art project was much better than mine] • • • Main Entry: ↑shame … Useful english dictionary
put someone through (something) — put (someone/yourself) through (something) to pay for someone or for yourself to go to school. I ended up putting my granddaughter through school. My father wasn t well and couldn t work, so all of us kids put ourselves through college … New idioms dictionary
put someone or something out of the way — tv. to remove someone or something as a barrier. □ I will put the whole problem out of the way. □ Yes, she is a problem, but you’ll just have to put her out of the way and concentrate on this issue … Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions
put someone through their paces — put someone through their paces/put something through its paces/ phrase to make a person or machine show how good they are at doing something The test drivers put the new models through their paces. Thesaurus: to test something or someonesynonym… … Useful english dictionary
put (someone) in mind of something — put (someone) in mind of (someone/something) old fashioned to cause someone to think of someone or something, usually because of a similarity. Something about the way he spoke put me in mind of Ben … New idioms dictionary
put (someone) in mind of someone — put (someone) in mind of (someone/something) old fashioned to cause someone to think of someone or something, usually because of a similarity. Something about the way he spoke put me in mind of Ben … New idioms dictionary
put someone before — put someone/something/ before/over/above/ phrase to consider someone or something as being more important than someone or something else The company had been accused of putting profits before safety. T … Useful english dictionary
