put somebody/something on

Examples from the Corpus

putting pressure on• These forces are putting pressure on academic medical centers such as Columbia and its College of Physicians and Surgeons.• If this were so, and the photographer was putting pressure on him, then Steen's reactions were consistent.• We were always putting pressure on him to jack it in.• Her theory is that a proliferation of culinary gadgets is putting pressure on kitchen storage space.• Now tort reform advocates think they can move bills out of the Assembly and to the Senate, putting pressure on Lockyer.• They hold hands gingerly to avoid putting pressure on the boils in their armpits.• The Liverpool lecturers are calling on vice chancellor Peter Toyne to join them in putting pressure on the government to end underfunding.• It uses the media to try to embarrass companies into putting pressure on their subsidiaries.

put on a brave face• He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.• I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.• Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.• Newspaper staff put on a brave face.• No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.• Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.• Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods.

you’re putting me on!• Seth is moving to Alaska? You're putting me on!

ˈput-on noun [countableC usually singular]

American EnglishAmE informalTRICK/DECEIVE something you say or do to try to make someone believe something that is not true 骗人的话[事]

Examples from the Corpus

put-on• At first they were thinking it was a big put-on.

From Longman Business Dictionary

put something on something phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT]

1to add an amount of money onto the price or cost of something

The new tax could put another ten cents on the price of gas.

At the close of trading, Sears put on 2 to 92p.

Turnover put on almost £70 million to £337.5 million.

2to risk an amount of money on the result of a game, race etc

We put £50 on Brazil to win the Cup.

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单词	put somebody/something on
释义	put somebody/something on Examples from the Corpus putting pressure on• These forces are putting pressure on academic medical centers such as Columbia and its College of Physicians and Surgeons.• If this were so, and the photographer was putting pressure on him, then Steen's reactions were consistent.• We were always putting pressure on him to jack it in.• Her theory is that a proliferation of culinary gadgets is putting pressure on kitchen storage space.• Now tort reform advocates think they can move bills out of the Assembly and to the Senate, putting pressure on Lockyer.• They hold hands gingerly to avoid putting pressure on the boils in their armpits.• The Liverpool lecturers are calling on vice chancellor Peter Toyne to join them in putting pressure on the government to end underfunding.• It uses the media to try to embarrass companies into putting pressure on their subsidiaries. put on a brave face• He was shattered, though he put on a brave face.• I suppose parents have to put on a brave face.• Leaving the court the families all tried to put on a brave face.• Newspaper staff put on a brave face.• No one said a word all of us were consciously putting on a brave face.• Whether in denial or putting on a brave face, the delegates professed to be unperturbed by those numbers.• Meanwhile, Llandundo put on a brave face yesterday and struggled to get back to normal after last week's devastating floods. you’re putting me on!• Seth is moving to Alaska? You're putting me on! ˈput-on noun [countableC usually singular] American EnglishAmE informalTRICK/DECEIVE something you say or do to try to make someone believe something that is not true 骗人的话[事] Examples from the Corpus put-on• At first they were thinking it was a big put-on. From Longman Business Dictionary put something on something phrasal verbphr v [transitiveT] 1to add an amount of money onto the price or cost of something The new tax could put another ten cents on the price of gas. At the close of trading, Sears put on 2 to 92p. Turnover put on almost £70 million to £337.5 million. 2to risk an amount of money on the result of a game, race etc We put £50 on Brazil to win the Cup. → put
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