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put one over en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To succeed in a deception.
  2. (idiomatic, with-on) To fool, trick, or deceive.
    • "[Y]ou surely aren't thinking you can put one over on me in this business? Tell me, you don't take me for that sort of ivory-skulled boob?" 1913, P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 9, in The Little Nugget:
    • He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who can put one over on authority. 2007 May 16, Andrew Downie, “Brazil Braces for a (Bogus) Soccer Milestone”, in Time, retrieved 28 Jun 2015:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
puts one over Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
put one over Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
put one over Tense=Past lexicographic
putting one over Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Relateds

put-up · put on

Synonyms

get one over on · pull one over