P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[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.
[put their heads together] or [lay their heads together] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over.
They put their heads together and decided on a gift.
* /We laid our heads together and […]
[put through] {v. phr.}
1. To carry out; arrange.
If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich.
2. To connect (said of telephone calls).
* /The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there […]
[put through one's paces] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To test the different abilities and skills of a person or a thing; call for a show of what one can do.
He put his new car through its paces.
* /Many different problems put the new mayor through his […]