She put sand on Tom as he lay napping on the beach.
•Please put the paper on the coffee table.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
put (something) behind someone — put (something) behind (someone/something) to support someone or something. When America declared war, Ford put his factories behind the war effort, making huge numbers of planes, trucks, and boats in his factories. My father put his reputation… … New idioms dictionary
put words into someone's mouth — To attribute or supply to someone words that he or she did not, or does not intend to, use • • • Main Entry: ↑word * * * put words into someone’s mouth phrase to claim that someone has said a particular thing, although they have not said it, or… … Useful english dictionary
put (something) behind something — put (something) behind (someone/something) to support someone or something. When America declared war, Ford put his factories behind the war effort, making huge numbers of planes, trucks, and boats in his factories. My father put his reputation… … New idioms dictionary
put ideas into someone's head — To fill someone with unsuitable or over exalted aspirations • • • Main Entry: ↑idea * * * put ideas into someone’s head informal phrase to make someone think that they can or should do something, especially something that other people do not… … Useful english dictionary
put (something) behind — (someone/something) to support someone or something. When America declared war, Ford put his factories behind the war effort, making huge numbers of planes, trucks, and boats in his factories. My father put his reputation and his money behind the … New idioms dictionary
put (something) to bed — 1. to finish dealing with something. This is an opportunity for us to put some of these problems to bed. 2. to get a newspaper, magazine, or book ready to be printed. You put the paper to bed and you re proud of it, but the next morning you find… … New idioms dictionary
put ideas into someone's head — put ideas into (someone s) head to make someone want to do something they had not thought about doing before, especially something stupid. Don t go putting ideas into his head. We haven t got the money for a car. (often in continuous tenses) Who… … New idioms dictionary
put something through its 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 something or someone on the map — put (something or someone) on the map : to make (a place, a person, etc.) famous or well known The story has put our little town on the map. The success of his first album really put him on the map in the music industry. • • • Main Entry: ↑map … Useful english dictionary
put pressure on someone — put pressure on (someone/something) to influence someone or something strongly, usually intentionally. He s putting pressure on me to change my mind. New companies are putting pressure on established firms to lower their prices … New idioms dictionary
put words into someone's mouth — ► put words into someone s mouth 1) inaccurately report what someone has said. 2) prompt someone to say something inadvertently. Main Entry: ↑word … English terms dictionary
