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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

put something over en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of put one over.
    • I was always the aggressor in a sexual encounter. I never felt that a man was putting something over on me. I did what I wanted to do. We were brought up to feel that men were always out to seduce you, to take something from you. I felt that I took what I wanted, that I was right. 1975 December 20, M, L, D, “Coming Out At 30”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 11:

Forms

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