if you put on weight, you become fatter
same as put
to add an amount of money to the cost or value of something
to cause something to affect someone or something
to cover a part of your body with a piece of clothing or jewellery so that you are wearing it
to make a machine or piece of equipment start working, especially by pressing a switch
to make someone responsible for dealing with something
to organize an event, show, performance etc
to pass the telephone to someone so they can speak to the person you have been talking to
to pretend to have a particular feeling or a particular way of speaking or behaving
to provide a bus, train etc for people to use
to put a video, CD etc in a piece of equipment so that you can watch it or listen to it
to record something in an account so that someone can pay for it later
to risk a particular amount of money by trying to guess the result of a race or competition
to say what medical treatment someone should have
to spread a cream, liquid, powder, or other substance on your skin or hair in order to make it softer, healthier, or more attractive
to start cooking something
to try to make someone believe something that is not true
'Die, peasant scum,' said the man she was attacking, in a deep, put-on war lord voice.
Advertising aimed at children puts a lot of pressure on parents.
And it was real happiness - nothing fake or put-on about it.
Can you put the drinks on my bill, please?
Can you put the light on, please?
Don’t believe that. He’s putting you on!
Dorothy put on her coat and went out.
I feel that too much responsibility is put on teachers.
I had forgotten to put the handbrake on, so the car rolled back down the hill.
I put £5 on The Whitkirk Wanderer to win the Grand National.
I think he was just putting on an act to get sympathy.
I was put on a low-fat diet.
I was put on cleaning duties.
I’ll put the vegetables on in a minute.
I’m going to put my new CD on.
I’ve put on 2kg in the last month.
Jenna hated Clarisse, stupid old bat, always talking in a put-on posh voice, except when she thought nobody could hear her.
Kim had forgotten to put his watch on.
Melanie was putting on her makeup in front of the mirror.
Shall I put the kettle on for a cup of tea?
Shall we put some music on?
She had put on weight, too, now that she was eating a diet more suited to her Harshini metabolism.
She put a lot of weight on after the children were born.
She was a sharp-nosed woman with a put-on accent, well adapted to whining.
She’s not really upset – she’s just putting it on.
Stop putting on that funny voice!
The doctor put him on a course of antibiotics.
The government is putting 2p on the price of petrol.
Their major drawback was the time they took to prepare and put on.
They knew where the Fat Man's suspicions lay, knew the significance he put on the period of six months.
They’re going to put on extra buses to take fans to the concert.
Too late to do any work, too late even to bother changing out of the suit he'd put on to face William.
Wait a minute, Mum, I’ll put Joe on.
We put on a fantastic performance against a much more experienced side.
We put the meal on expenses.
We’re putting on a concert to raise money for cancer charities.
puts on
putting on
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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