Definition of Put Over in English :

Define Put Over in English

Put Over meaning in English

Meaning of Put Over in English

Pronunciation of Put Over in English

Put Over pronunciation in English

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Put Over

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Verb

1. get across, put over

communicate successfully

Example Sentences:
'I couldn't get across the message'
'He put over the idea very well'

2. defer, hold over, postpone, prorogue, put off, put over, remit, set back, shelve, table

hold back to a later time

Example Sentences:
'let's postpone the exam'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Put Over

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verb (tr, adverb)
1. informal
to communicate (facts, information, etc) comprehensibly
he puts his thoughts over badly
2. mainly US
to postpone; defer
the match was put over a week
. Brit equivalent: put off
3.  put one over on

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Put Over

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1. 
to postpone; delay
2.  US, Informal
put across

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Put Over

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v. put, put·ting, puts
v.tr.
1. To place in a specified location; set: She put the books on the table.
2. To cause to be in a specified condition: His gracious manners put me at ease.
3. To cause (one) to undergo something; subject: The interrogators put the prisoner to torture.
4. To assign; attribute: They put a false interpretation on events.
5. To estimate: We put the time at five o'clock.
6. To impose or levy: The governor has put a tax on cigarettes.
7. Games To wager (a stake); bet: put $50 on a horse.
8. Sports To hurl with an overhand pushing motion: put the shot.
9. To bring up for consideration or judgment: put a question to the judge.
10. To express; state: I put my objections bluntly.
11. To render in a specified language or literary form: put prose into verse.
12. To adapt: The lyrics had been put to music.
13. To urge or force to an action: a mob that put the thief to flight.
14. To apply: We must put our minds to it.
15. To force the purchase of (a stock or commodity) by exercising a put option.
v.intr.
Nautical To proceed: The ship put into the harbor.
n.
1. Sports An act of putting the shot.
2. An option to sell a stipulated amount of stock or securities within a specified time and at a fixed price.
adj.
Fixed; stationary: stay put.

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