same as put
to trick someone into believing something that is not true
But the snow kept coming down inside his head, laying its hush upon him, like a tender blanket put over his hurt.
Each consisted of two groundsheets, on top of which were two blankets doubled to sleep on, and one to put over us.
His watch had been dexterously snatched from his wrist when the sacking was first put over his head.
I don’t think I put my point over very clearly.
She felt like she was suffocating inside her own life; as if it were one of those plastic bags dry-cleaners use to put over clothes.
You can’t put one over on me that easily!
puts over
putting over
There is no origin for this phrasal verb
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