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单词 put one over
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to put one over
(a) to put one over (also to put it over): to inflict a defeat or gain an advantage on a person; to get the better of someone. Cf. to put it all over at Phrases 11.
ΚΠ
1901 National Police Gaz. (U.S.) 9 Mar. 10/4 He gave me a bloody good hiding at Jacksonville; but at that I think I could put one over on him the next time we meet.
1907 Washington Post 3 Nov. 16/4 Spoiled Greeley's scoop. Newspaper man tells how he put one over on editor.
1958 People 4 May 8/3 I cannot see her letting any of the Italian or French sex~pots put one over on her.
1972 P. G. Wodehouse Pearls, Girls, & Monty Bodkin x. 150 You can't do the dirty on a business competitor just to stop him from putting it over on you in a business deal.
1995 Independent 13 Oct. 19/1 He is now the senior former prime minister, putting one over on Baroness Thatcher.
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to put one over
(b) To perpetrate (a deception or hoax) on a person; to achieve by deceit. Chiefly as to put one over.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > cheating, fraud > treat fraudulently, cheat [verb (transitive)] > outwit, get the better of
undergoa1325
circumvene1526
crossbitec1555
circumvent1564
gleek1577
outreach1579
fob1583
overreach1594
fub1600
encompassa1616
out-craftya1616
out-knave1648
mump1649
jockey1708
come1721
nail1735
slew1813
Jew1825
to sew up1837
to play (it) low down (on)1864
outfox1872
beat1873
outcraft1879
to get a beat on1889
old soldier1892
to put one over1905
to get one over on1912
to get one over1921
outsmart1926
shaft1959
1905 Chicago Tribune 19 June 2/5 Anson fools the police... ‘I put one over on the umpires that time,’ he said gleefully.
1912 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily News 5 Apr. 1/2 He declares that the public service corporations of this city are trying to put one over on us by secretly working for the commission charter.
1924 W. M. Raine Troubled Waters xix. 209 What are you trying to put over on me? Why don't you go to Mac and ask him?
1928 A. S. W. Rosenbach Books & Bidders 117 One of the greatest hoaxes ever planned was put over by a French forger.
1976 Church Times 30 July 7/2 She may have been fleeced in Florence, robbed in Ravenna, grossly overcharged in Ostia..; but Baedeker at least has not tried to put one over on her.
2000 J. Goodwin Danny Boy xi. 234 Bollocks, mate. Carl's puttin one over on you to get his stringy corpse on the telly.
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