well+put

  • 91well-timbered — ˈ ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ adjective 1. a. : well braced or strengthened by timbers a well timbered house a well timbered mine b. : strongly made or put together : having a good structure or constitution a well timbered horse …

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  • 92put across — verb a) to explain or state something clearly and understandably. All good communicators try to use popular, well understood examples to put across complex ideas. b) to perform a theatrical production. Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum …

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  • 93put about — PHRASAL VERB (The forms put around and put round are also used in British English.) If you put something about, you tell it to people that you meet and cause it to become well known. [mainly BRIT] [V it P that] Moderate Republicans in America are …

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  • 94put by — PHRASAL VERB If you put money by, you save it so that you can use it later. [BRIT] [V n P] Dermot s putting his money by, in a Deposit Account... [V ed P] There was enough put by for her fare... [V P n ( …

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  • 95put one's foot down — object strongly, take firm action He put his foot down and didn t allow any more money to be spent on company entertainment. (from Idioms in Speech) to be firm in one s attitude; to object to or protest against Well, whose fault was it? The kid s …

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  • 96put a crimp in — informal have an adverse effect on well, that puts a crimp in my theory * * * put a crimp in US : to prevent (something) from happening or proceeding in the usual or desired way : to affect (something) badly The storm put a crimp in our travel… …

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  • 97put 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./ …

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  • 98put 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./ …

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  • 99Put Your Head on My Shoulder (Futurama) — Infobox Futurama episode episode name = Put Your Head on my Shoulder caption = Fry and Amy decide to start dating. episode no = 20 prod code = 2ACV07 airdate = February 13, 2000 country = USA writer = Ken Keeler director = Chris Louden opening… …

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  • 100put the bee on — verb a) to finish off, to beat ,2001: When Carmen quipped in, “Well, Mr. President somebody has to put the bee on them,” the General asserted, “It wont be me, never.” Travis Beal Jacobs, Eisenhower at Columbia (Transaction 2001, p. 152) b) to… …

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