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put on
verb
Definition of PUT ON
transitive verb
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: to cause to act or operate : apply <put on more speed>
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a : add <put on weight> b : exaggerate, overstate
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a : to mislead deliberately especially for amusement <the interviewer … must be put down — or possibly, put on — Melvin Maddocks> b : kid 1 <you're putting me on>
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First Known Use of PUT ON
15th century
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