单词 | to put it to a person |
释义 | > as lemmasto put it to a person (b) transitive. to put it to a person: (with dependent clause; in later use chiefly with that) to present or submit (a question, statement, allegation, etc.) to a person for consideration or response. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > belief > suggestion, proposal > suggest [verb (transitive)] > for consideration puta1350 purposea1382 propone1402 motion1505 exhibit1529 propound?1531 prefer1539 raise1566 to put forward1569 broach1579 start1579 offer1583 propose1614 first1628 to put it to a person1664 moot1685 suppose1771 pose1862 to put up1901 the mind > language > speech > request > request or ask for [verb (transitive)] > petition > present (a petition) to put up1384 porrectc1425 to put it to a person1664 overturea1856 1664 J. Wilson Andronicus Comnenius iii. i. 36 Ply him there; And put it to him what he thinks. 1747 S. Richardson Clarissa I. vi. 33 My aunt Hervey has put it to my mamma, whether it were not best to prevail upon my brother. 1793 Times 26 Dec. 3/4 I put it to you, whether you twelve are ready to go that length on the custom of merchants. 1820 in T. B. Howell State Trials (1826) XXXIII. 1080/2 He put it to you that he did not state what he expected to prove, but what he knew he should be able to prove. 1826 New Monthly Mag. 16 35 B—— put it to me if I should like to see Spenser as well as Chaucer. 1871 J. W. De Forest Overland xlii. 207 Sometimes she felt it her duty to put it to Thurstane that he owed eveything to his wife. 1908 G. B. Shaw Lett. to Granville Barker (1956) 120 He will probably put it to you whether, as a gentleman, you can ask for a salary when you have been doing nothing but razzling in America. 1988 D. Rowe Successful Self v. 140 I put it to them that Judith did not mind being angry but did not like being frightened. 2002 Empire Dec. 79/3 Jason Isaacs, I put it to you that you are a big girl's blouse. < as lemmas |
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