P
Idioms beginning with "P"
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Contents of P:
[put in one's place] {v. phr.}, {informal}
To criticize someone for impolite boldness; remind someone of low rank or position; reduce someone's unsuitable pride; deflate.
* /The assistant was trying to take command when the professor put him in his […]
[put in the way of] or [put in one's way] {v. phr.}
To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward.
After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job.
* /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new […]
[put off] {v.}
1. {informal}
To cause confusion in; embarrass; displease.
I was rather put off by the shamelessness of his proposal.
The man's slovenliness put me off.
2. To wait and have (something) at a later time; postpone.
* /They put […]
[put on] {v. phr.}
1. To dress in.
The boy took off his clothes and put on his pajamas.
Mother put a coat on the baby.
2a. To pretend; assume; show.
Mary isn't really sick; she's only putting on.
He put on a smile.
* /The child […]
[put on airs] {v. phr.}
To show conceit; act in a superior or condescending manner.
The fact that her parents own a villa in Capri is no reason for Amanda to keep putting on airs.
[put on an act] {v. phr.}
1. To perform a play.
The seventh grade put on a lovely act for Christmas for the parents.
2. To pretend.
"If you always put on an act," her father said, "people will never know who you really are."