and (2) to enter one's name, for a speech, donation, &c.; to put upon = (1) to accuse, and (2) to inflict or oppress; to be put upon (or on) = to be depressed, deceived, or blamed; to put in for = to compete; to put two and two (or this and that) together = to draw conclusions; to be put up = to be accused or pulled up (q.v.); to be put to it = (1) to be compelled, and (2) to be hard pressed or embarrassed (B. E., c.1696); to put in one's head = (1) to suggest, and (2) to remind; to put out of one's head = to forget; to put up (or put it up) with = (1) to submit or endure, (2) to accommodate (or be received) as a lodger or guest, (3) to nominate, and (4) to spend or bet; to put back = to hinder or refuse; to put a quarrel (or rudeness) on one = to force to anger or incivility; to put away = (1) to dispose of by eating (whence put-away, subs. = an appetite or twist, q.v.), sale, pawning, imprisonment, &c., and (2) to inform against, to nark (q.v.); to put a hand to = (1) to begin a matter, (2) to sign or endorse a document, and (3) to steal; to put finger in the eye = to cry; to put on = to imitate, assume a character, airs, &c. (whence a put-on, subs. = a trick or shift), and (2) see put-off, supra; to put out = (1) to confuse or perplex, and (2) to vex; as much as one can put in one's eye = nothing (B. E., c.1696); to put a good (or bad) face on = to appear pleased (or the reverse); put-up = arranged, planned (whence a put-up job = a concerted swindle or robbery, whence also putter-up); to put about = (1) to publish a rumour, lie, or statement, (2) to change one's tactics, and (3) to inconvenience, annoy, or embarrass; to put through = (1) to succeed, and (2) to swindle; to put out (forth or off) = to set out; to put on = to bet: see Pot; to put one on = (1) to tip (q.v.), (2) to bet for another, and (3) to promise a bonus if a certain horse wins; to put up to = (1) to explain or impart information, and (2) to suggest or incite; to put out = to vex; to put in one's motto = (1) to enter rashly into a discussion, and (2) to 'lay down the law'; to stay put (American) = to remain as placed; to put in a hole = (1) to inconvenience, non-plus, or get the better of (see Hole), (2) to defraud (thieves': see Well), and (3) to victimize; to put on one's mettle = to urge; to be put to one's trumps = to be forced back on one's resources; to put by = to save; to put (or lay) heads together = to confer; to put one's head in the lion's mouth = to run into danger; to put to the door = to eject; to put over (Australian) = to kill; to put on the woman = to shed tears; to put a hat on a hen = to attempt the impossible (Ray, 1765); to put together with a hot needle (or burnt thread) = to fasten insecurely; Put up! = Shut your mouth! (American). See also Ape; back; bag; balmy; balmy-stick; basket; bed; best-leg; boot; business; cart; chair; doctor; double; down; drag; dukes; end; frills; grindstone; hand; head; horse; kibosh; light; miller; miller's-eye; nail; name; nose; oar;
