单词 | put one over |
释义 | > as lemmasto 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. 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. < as lemmas |
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