Who put you up to throwing the party?
•Nobody put me up to it. I thought it up myself.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
put someone straight about something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
put someone right about something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
put someone right on something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
put someone straight on something — put someone straight/right/( on/about/something) phrase to explain the real facts about a situation to someone who does not understand it correctly I think I ought to put you straight – John is just my business partner. Thesaurus: to make… … Useful english dictionary
put someone up to something — (informal) PERSUADE TO, encourage to, urge to, egg on to, incite to, goad into. → put … 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 a block on something — british put the blocks on something phrase to stop someone from doing something, or to stop something from happening I wanted to go on holiday with Maria, but she put a block on that plan. Thesaurus: to prevent something from happeningsynonym to… … Useful english dictionary
put (your) money on something — put (your) money on (someone/something) to believe that someone will do something or something will happen. Who do you reckon will get the job, then? I d put my money on Val. I d put my money on Zola leaving Chelsea within the next two years … New idioms dictionary
put a bomb under something — put a bomb under (something/someone) British & Australian if you want to put a bomb under someone, you want to make them do things faster. I d like to put a bomb under those solicitors … New idioms dictionary
put a block on something — or put the blocks on something British to stop someone from doing something, or to stop something from happening I wanted to go on holiday with Maria, but she put a block on that plan … English dictionary
put the blocks on something — put a block on something or put the blocks on something British to stop someone from doing something, or to stop something from happening I wanted to go on holiday with Maria, but she put a block on that plan … English dictionary
