P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[put on the map] {v. phr.}
To make (a place) well known.
The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map.
Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map.
[put out] {v.}
1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off.
Please put the light out when you leave the room.
The firemen put out the blaze.
2. To prepare for the public; produce; make.
* /For years he had put out a […]
[put out of the way] {v. phr.}
To kill.
When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way.
The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way.
[put over] {v.}
1. To wait to a later time; postpone.
They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday.
Syn.: [PUT OFF].
2. {informal}
To make a success of; complete.
He put over a complex and difficult business deal.
Syn.: [BRING OFF], […]
[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 […]
[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.