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put one across

put one across verb: to convince or deceive someone into believing something untrue.

Verb

put one across (third-person singular simple present puts one across, present participle putting one across, simple past and past participle put one across)

  1. (transitive) To convince or deceive someone into believing something untrue.
    • We put one across that fool.

Forms of put one across

third-person singular presentputs one across
present participleputting one across
past participleput one across
pastput one across

Questions about put one across

What does put one across mean?
Put one across means to convince or deceive someone into believing something untrue.
What part of speech is put one across?
Put one across is a verb.
What is the past tense of put one across?
The past tense of put one across is put one across.

Words near put one across in the dictionary

  1. put on the pounds
  2. put on the red light
  3. put on the ritz
  4. put on the spot
  5. put on weight
  6. put one across
  7. put one foot in front of the other
  8. put one over
  9. put one past
  10. put one's affairs in order
  11. put one's ass on the line

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