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put a hurt on

put a hurt on verb: to impose significant difficulty on.

Verb

put a hurt on (third-person singular simple present puts a hurt on, present participle putting a hurt on, simple past and past participle put a hurt on)

  1. (informal) To impose significant difficulty on.
    • Sanctions have failed to put a hurt on the adversary government.

Forms of put a hurt on

third-person singular presentputs a hurt on
present participleputting a hurt on
past participleput a hurt on
pastput a hurt on
alternative formput the hurt on

Questions about put a hurt on

What does put a hurt on mean?
Put a hurt on means to impose significant difficulty on.
What part of speech is put a hurt on?
Put a hurt on is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a hurt on?
The past tense of put a hurt on is put a hurt on.

Words near put a hurt on in the dictionary

  1. put a dent in the universe
  2. put a finger to the wind
  3. put a foot wrong
  4. put a gun to someone's head
  5. put a hat on a hat
  6. put a hurt on
  7. put a lid on
  8. put a lid on it
  9. put a name to
  10. put a pin in
  11. put a premium on

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