put over

put over idiom
  1. Make successful, bring off, as in Do you think we can put over this play? [Early 1900s]
  2. Make something or someone be understood or accepted, as in The public relations staff helped put our candidate over to the public. [Early 1900s]
  3. put over on. Fool, deceive, as in We can't put anything over on Tom. [Early 1900s]
  4. Delay, postpone, as in The meeting was put over until tomorrow. [Early 1500s] Also see put off.

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer. Copyright © 2003, 1997 by The Christine Ammer 1992 Trust. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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