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put a slight upon

put a slight upon verb: to insult, disrespect, or belittle someone or something.

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To insult, disrespect, or belittle someone or something.

Forms of put a slight upon

third-person singular presentputs a slight upon
present participleputting a slight upon
past participleput a slight upon
pastput a slight upon
alternative formput a slight on

Questions about put a slight upon

What does put a slight upon mean?
Put a slight upon means to insult, disrespect, or belittle someone or something.
What part of speech is put a slight upon?
Put a slight upon is a verb.
What is the past tense of put a slight upon?
The past tense of put a slight upon is put a slight upon.

Words near put a slight upon in the dictionary

  1. put a name to
  2. put a pin in
  3. put a premium on
  4. put a shift in
  5. put a slight on
  6. put a slight upon
  7. put a sock in it
  8. put a spanner in the works
  9. put a spoke in someone's wheel
  10. put a stop to
  11. put a stopper to

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