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单词 to put on to
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to put on to ——
to put on to ——
colloquial.
1. transitive. To provide (a person) with information about or knowledge of something; to ‘let (a person) in on’; to tip off about.
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society > communication > indication > pointing out > point out [verb (transitive)] > to a person
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to put on to ——1846
1846 G. W. M. Reynolds Myst. London II. clxvi. 83/1 They have put us on to all that we have done up to the present time. P'raps we should do better to wait for the information that they can give us.
1876 R. M. Jephson Girl he left behind Him I. i. 22 Captain Garstang proceeded to..give him a few ‘straight tips’ and ‘put him on to a good thing’ or two.
1883 Davenport (Iowa) Weekly Gaz. 28 Nov. [He] visited the Police Station..to put the police ‘onto’ the fact that their store was burglarized Sunday night of several overcoats, [etc.].
1902 H. G. Wells Let. 2 Sept. in H. Wilson Arnold Bennett & H. G. Wells (1960) 83 Accept I pray you my warmest thanks. And also for putting me on to that quite brilliantly done..book.
1924 A. Christie Poirot Investigates vii. 165 A friend of mine in the City put me on to a very good thing, and..I have money to burn.
1996 T. Parker Violence of our Lives i. 16 One night I told him I'd be interested in pulling a job if one was going, and asked him could he put me on to something.
2. transitive. To refer or introduce (a person) to another specified person.
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1849 Times 20 Nov. 7/5 He said, ‘Some kind friend, I suppose, has put you on to me,’ and I took him to the station-house.
1863 E. C. Gaskell Sylvia's Lovers II. xii. 227 She's niver asked you all this time, an' if she does, put her on to me. I'll keep it from her as long as I can.
1949 A. Christie Crooked House xii. 93 I could put you on to a couple of the tame psychiatrists who do jobs for us.
1989 N. Sherry Life Graham Greene I. xl. 663 He asked Parsons to put Greene on to people who would be useful to him in Mexico.
2001 M. Blake 24 Karat Schmooze xxviii. 318 ‘Who's your contact?’ ‘Bill Peterson put me onto you.’
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