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[put one's best foot forward] <v. phr.>, <informal> To try to make a good impression; try to make a good appearance; do one's best. * /During courtship, it is natural to put your best foot forward./ * /When Ted applied for the job he put his best foot forward./

[put one's cards on the table] See: LAY ONE'S CARDS ON THE TABLE.

[put oneself in another's place] or [put oneself in another's shoes] <v. phr.> To understand another person's feeling imaginatively; try to know his feelings and reasons with understanding; enter into his trouble. * /It seemed like a dreadful thing for Bob to do, but I tried to put myself in his place./ * /If you will put yourself in the customer's shoes you may realize why the thing isn't selling./

[put one's finger on] also [lay one's finger on] <v. phr.> To find exactly. * /The engineers couldn't put their fingers on the reason for the rocket's failure to orbit./ * /We called in an electrician hoping he could put a finger on the cause of the short circuit./

[put one's foot down] <v. phr.>, <informal> To take a decided stand; be stubborn in decision. * /John didn't want to practice his piano lesson, but his teacher put his foot down./ * /When it came to smoking pot at parties, our parents put their foot down./

[put one's foot in it] or [put one's foot in one's mouth] <v. phr.>, <informal> To speak carelessly and rudely; hurt another's feelings without intending to; make a rude mistake. * /He put his foot in it with his remark about self-made men because Jones was one of them./ * /She put her foot in her mouth with her joke about that church, not knowing that one of the guests belonged to it./

[put one's hand on] See: LAY ONE'S HANDS ON(3).

[put one's hand to] or [set one's hand to] or [turn one's hand to] <v. phr.> To start working at; try to do. * /Hal does a good job at everything mat he turns his hand to./ * /After Mr. Sullivan found farming unprofitable, he moved to town and turned his hand to carpentry./

[put one's hand to the plow] or [set one's hand to the plow] <v. phr.> To start doing something of importance; give yourself to a big job. * /We felt that he had put his hand to the plow, and we didn't like it when he quit./

[put one's head in the sand] See: HIDE ONE'S HEAD IN THE SAND.

[put one's heart on one's sleeve] See: HEART ON ONE'S SLEEVE.

[put one's money on a scratched horse] <v. phr.>, <informal> To bet on a certain failure; to gamble without a chance of winning. * /You bet on the New York Mets to win the World Series? Why put your money on a scratched horse?/ Compare: STACK THE CARDS.

[put one's nose out of joint] <v. phr.>, <informal> 1. To make you jealous; leave you out of favor. * /When Jane accepted Tom's invitation it put Jack's nose out of joint./ 2. To ruin your plans; cause you disappointment. * /Joe's mother put his nose out of joint by not letting him go to the movie./

[put one's house in order] or [set one's house in order] <v. phr.> To arrange your affairs in good order. * /Grandfather knew he would not live long and set his house in order./ * /When Mr. Black died, his lawyer helped the widow put her house in order./

[put one's shoulder to the wheel] <v. phr.> To make a great effort yourself or with others; try hard; cooperate. * /The effort to get a new high school succeeded because everyone put his shoulder to the wheel./ * /The company was failing in business until a new manager put his shoulder to the wheel./

[put on one's thinking cap] <v. phr.> To think hard and long about some problem or question. * /Miss Stone told her pupils to put on their thinking caps before answering the question./

[put on paper] See: BLACK AND WHITE.

[put on the back burner] See: ON ICE.

[put on the dog] <v. phr.> To behave ostentatiously in terms of dress and manner. * /"Stop putting on the dog with me," Sue cried at Roy. "I knew the real you from way hack!"/

[put on the line] See: LAY ON THE LINE.

[put on the map] <v. phr.> To make (a place) well known. * /The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map./ * /Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford-on-Avon on the map./

[put out] <v.> 1. To make a flame or light stop burning; extinguish; turn off. * /Please put the light out when you leave the room./ * /The firemen put out the blaze./ 2. To prepare for the public; produce; make. * /For years he had put out a weekly newspaper./ * /It is a small restaurant, which puts out an excellent dinner./ 3. To invest or loan money. * /He put out all his spare money at 4 percent or better./ 4. To make angry; irritate; annoy. * /It puts the teacher out to be lied to./ * /Father was put out when Jane spilled grape juice on his new suit./ 5. <informal> To cause inconvenience to; bother. * /He put himself out to make things pleasant for us./ * /Will it put you out if I borrow your pen?/ Compare: GO OUT OF ONE'S WAY. 6. To retire from play in baseball. * /The runner was put out at first base./ 7. To go from shore; leave. * /A Coast Guard boat put out through the waves./ 8. <vulgar>, <avoidable> Said of women easy and ready to engage in sexual intercourse. * /It is rumored that Hermione gets her promotions as fast as she does because she puts out./

[put out of action] See: OUT OF ACTION.

[put out of the way] <v. phr.> To kill. * /When people spoke against the dictator, he had them put out of the way./ * /The old dog was very sick, and Father had the animal doctor put him out of the way./

[put over] <v.> 1. To wait to a later time; postpone. * /They put over the meeting to the following Tuesday./ Syn.: PUT OFF. 2. <informal> To make a success of; complete. * /He put over a complex and difficult business deal./ Syn.: BRING OFF, PUT ACROSS, SLIP OVER. 3. <informal> To practice deception; trick; fool.
– Used with "on". * /George thought he was putting something over on the teacher when he said he was absent the day before because his mother was sick and needed him./ * /Tom really slipped one over on us when he came to the Halloween party dressed as a witch./

[put someone on] <v.> 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./

[put that in your pipe and smoke it] <v. phr.>, <informal> 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] <v. phr.>, <slang> To ask (for money, favors, etc.) * /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./

[put the cart before the horse] See: CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

[put their heads together] or [lay their heads together] <v. phr.>, <informal> To plan or consider things together; discuss something as a group; talk it over. * /They put their heads together and decided on a gift./ * /We laid our heads together and decided to have a picnic./