put someone on
To play a joke on someone by saying or doing things that are only pretense; kid.
When the voice on the phone told Mrs. Jones she had won a $10,000 prize, she thought someone was putting her on.
Don’t worry. I wouldn’t expect you do all that work by yourself. I’m just putting you on.
Jack can’t be serious about what he said. He must be putting us on.
put that in your pipe and smoke it
To understand something told you; accept something as fact or reality; not try to change it. Usually used as a command, normally only in speech, and often considered rude.
People don't vote against Santa Claus, and you might as well put that in your pipe and smoke it.
I am not going to do that and you can put that in your pipe and smoke it.
put the bite on
To ask (for money, favors, etc.)
Попросить или потребовать что-либо (денег, предпочтения и т.д.).
John put the bite on his friend for several tickets to the dance.
Willie Mays put the bite on the Giants for a large raise.
She put the bite on her sister for twenty dollars.
Она попросила у своей сестры двадцать долларов.
put the cat among the pigeons
Дословно: запустить кота к голубям.
О ситуации, чреватой проблемами или злящей окружающих.
О ситуации, чреватой проблемами или злящей окружающих.
Today we met the Committee and I really put the cat among the pigeons.
Сегодня мы встретились с Комитетом и я реально спровоцировал окружающих.
put their heads together
lay their heads together
To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over.
Совместно обсуждать дела или планы; обсуждать что-либо в группе.
They put their heads together and decided on a gift.
We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic.
They put their heads together to discuss their plan of action.
Они обсудили план действий.
put through
To carry out; arrange.
If Jim can put through one more financial transaction like this one, we will be rich.
To connect (said of telephone calls).
The telephone operator had to put me through to Zambia as there is no direct dialing there yet.
put to bed
To put to rest for the night.
Father put the three children to bed.
The boy seemed ill, so the nurse put him to bed.
To complete preparations and print.
The newspaper was put to bed at 1:15 A.M.
The pressroom was late in putting the sports section to bed.
put to it
Hard pressed; having trouble; in difficulty; puzzled.
When he lost his job, he was rather put to it for a while to provide for his family.
The boy was put to it to answer the teacher's question.