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put on
verb
1 put on
Put clothing on one's body:
— He put on his best suit for the wedding.
synonyms: assume, don, get into, wear.
Roget 684:
haste,
hasten;
make haste,
make a dash
etc.
n.;
hurry on,
dash on,
whip on,
push on,
press on,
press forward;
hurry,
skurry†,
scuttle along,
barrel along,
bundle on,
dart to and fro,
bustle,
flutter,
scramble;
plunge,
plunge headlong;
dash off;
rush
etc.
(violence)
173;
express.
bestir oneself
etc.
(be active)
682;
lose no time,
lose not a moment,
lose not an instant;
make short work of;
make the best of one's time,
make the best of one's way.
be precipitate
etc.
adj.;
jump at,
be in haste,
be in a hurry
etc.
n.;
have no time,
have not a moment to lose,
have not a moment to spare;
work against time.
quicken
etc.
274;
accelerate,
expedite,
put on,
precipitate,
urge,
whip;
railroad.
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Roget 855:
affect,
act a part,
put on;
give oneself airs
etc.
(arrogance)
885;
boast
etc.
884;
coquet;
simper,
mince,
attitudinize,
pose;
flirt a fan;
overact,
overdo.
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Roget 972:
punish;
chastise,
chasten;
castigate,
correct,
inflict punishment,
administer correction,
deal retributive justice;
cowhide,
lambaste [Slang].
visit upon,
pay;
pay out,
serve out;
do for;
make short work of,
give a lesson to,
serve one right,
make an example of;
have a rod in pickle for;
give it one.
strike
etc.
276;
deal a blow to,
administer the lash,
smite;
slap,
slap the face;
smack,
cuff,
box the ears,
spank,
thwack,
thump,
beat,
lay on,
swinge†,
buffet;
thresh,
thrash,
pummel,
drub,
leather,
trounce,
sandbag,
baste,
belabor;
lace,
lace one's jacket;
dress,
dress down,
give a dressing,
trim,
warm,
wipe,
tund†,
cob,
bang,
strap,
comb,
lash,
lick,
larrup,
wallop,
whop,
flog,
scourge,
whip,
birch,
cane,
give the stick,
switch,
flagellate,
horsewhip,
bastinado,
towel,
rub down with an oaken towel,
rib roast,
dust one's jacket,
fustigate†,
pitch into,
lay about one,
beat black and blue;
beat to a mummy,
beat to a jelly;
give a black eye.
tar and feather;
pelt,
stone,
lapidate†;
masthead,
keelhaul.
execute;
bring to the block,
bring to the gallows;
behead,
decapitate,
guillotine;
decollate;
hang,
turn off,
gibbet,
bowstring,
hang draw and quarter;
shoot;
decimate;
burn;
break on the wheel,
crucify;
empale†,
impale;
flay;
lynch;
electrocute;
gas,
send to the gas chamber.
torture;
put on,
put to the rack;
picket.
banish,
exile,
transport,
expel,
ostracize;
rusticate;
drum out;
dismiss,
disbar,
disbench†;
strike off the roll,
unfrock;
post.
suffer,
suffer for,
suffer punishment;
be flogged.
be executed,
suffer the ultimate penalty;
be hanged
&c.;
come to the gallows,
mount the gallows,
swing [Coll.],
twist in the wind,
dance upon nothing,
die in one's shoes;
be rightly served;
be electrocuted,
fry [Coll.],
ride the lightning [Coll.];
face the firing squad.
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Roget 544:
be false
etc.
adj.,
be a liar
etc.
548;
speak falsely
etc.
adv.;
tell a lie
etc.
546;
lie,
fib;
lie like a trooper;
swear false,
forswear,
perjure oneself,
bear false witness.
misstate,
misquote,
miscite†,
misreport,
misrepresent;
belie,
falsify,
pervert,
distort;
put a false construction upon
etc.
(misinterpret);
prevaricate,
equivocate,
quibble;
palter,
palter to the understanding;
repondre en Normand [Fr.];
trim,
shuffle,
fence,
mince the truth,
beat about the bush,
blow hot and cold,
play fast and loose.
garble,
gloss over,
disguise,
give a color to;
give a gloss,
put a gloss,
put false coloring upon;
color,
varnish,
cook,
dress up,
embroider;
varnish right and puzzle wrong;
exaggerate
etc.
549;
blague†.
invent,
fabricate;
trump up,
get up;
force,
fake,
hatch,
concoct;
romance
etc.
(imagine)
515;
cry 'wolf!'.
dissemble,
dissimulate;
feign,
assume,
put on,
pretend,
make believe;
play possum;
play false,
play a double game;
coquet;
act a part,
play a part;
affect
etc.
855;
simulate,
pass off for;
counterfeit,
sham,
make a show of;
malinger;
say the grapes are sour.
cant,
play the hypocrite,
sham Abraham,
faire pattes de velours,
put on the mask,
clean the outside of the platter,
lie like a conjuror;
hand out false colors,
hold out false colors,
sail under false colors;
commend the poisoned chalice to the lips"
[Macbeth];
ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces [Lat.];
deceive
etc.
545.
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Roget 274:
move quickly,
trip,
fisk†;
speed,
hie,
hasten,
post,
spank,
scuttle;
scud,
scuddle†;
scour,
scour the plain;
scamper;
run like mad,
beat it;
fly,
race,
run a race,
cut away,
shot,
tear,
whisk,
zoom,
swoosh,
sweep,
skim,
brush;
cut along,
bowl along,
barrel along,
barrel;
scorch,
burn up the track;
rush
etc.
(be violent)
173;
dash on,
dash off,
dash forward;
bolt;
trot,
gallop,
amble,
troll,
bound,
flit,
spring,
dart,
boom;
march in quick time,
march in double time;
ride hard,
get over the ground.
hurry
etc.
(hasten)
684;
accelerate,
put on;
quicken;
quicken one's pace,
mend one's pace;
clap spurs to one's horse;
make haste,
make rapid strides,
make forced marches,
make the best of one's way;
put one's best leg foremost,
stir one's stumps,
wing one's way,
set off at a score;
carry sail,
crowd sail;
go off like a shot,
go like a shot,
go ahead,
gain ground;
outstrip the wind,
fly on the wings of the wind.
keep up with,
keep pace with;
outstrip
etc.
303;
outmarch†.
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Roget 225:
invest;
cover
etc.
223;
envelope,
lap,
involve;
inwrap†,
enwrap;
wrap;
fold up,
wrap up,
lap up,
muffle up;
overlap;
sheath,
swathe,
swaddle,
roll up in,
circumvest.
vest,
clothe,
array,
dress,
dight†,
drape,
robe,
enrobe,
attire,
apparel,
accounter†,
rig,
fit out;
deck
etc.
(ornament)
847;
perk,
equip,
harness,
caparison.
wear;
don;
put on,
huddle on,
slip on;
mantle.
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Dutch: aandoen, uitdossen, opzetten, dragen
2 put on
Add to something existing.
3 put on
Put on the stove or ready for cooking.
4 put on
Carry out (performances).
synonym: turn in.
5 put on
6 put on
Prepare and supply with the necessary equipment for execution or performance.
synonym: mount.
7 put on
Apply to a surface:
— Put on make-up!.
synonym: apply.
8 put on
Fool or hoax.
synonyms: befool, cod, dupe, fool, gull, put one across, put one over, slang, take in.
Dutch: bedotten, beetnemen, foppen, inlappen
9 put on
Increase (one's body weight).
synonym: gain.
Dutch: aankomen, verdikken
adjective
1 put on
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