P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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[put wise] {v.}, {slang}
To tell (someone) facts that will give him an advantage over others or make him alert to opportunity or danger.
The new boy did not know that Jim was playing a trick on him, so I put him wise.
- Often used with "to".
* […]
[put words into one's mouth] {v. phr.}
To say without proof that another person has certain feelings or opinions; claim a stand or an idea is another's without asking; speak for another without right.
* /When he said "John here is in favor of the […]