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put over

put over verb: to state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.

Verb

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

  1. To state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
    • Professor Jones is a good teacher. He knows how to put his ideas over to the students.
  2. To portray or present.
    • She fraudulently tried to put herself over as a diving instructor.
  3. To make a decisive pass to a teammate so they can score a try.
    • The first was the product of a destructive hard line down the middle by Manu Tuilagi, which sucked in the Australian defence and stretched the cover further out, allowing Farrell and Curry to put May over in the left corner.2019 October 19, Robert Kitson, “England into World Cup semi-finals after bruising victory over Australia”, in The Guardian, London: Guardian News & Media
  4. (slang) To increase the popularity or prove the legitimacy of another wrestler, usually by losing to them.

Synonyms of put over

Forms of put over

third-person singular presentputs over
present participleputting over
past participleput over
pastput over

Questions about put over

What does put over mean?
Put over means to state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
What part of speech is put over?
Put over is a verb.
What is the past tense of put over?
The past tense of put over is put over.

Words near put over in the dictionary

  1. put out the fire
  2. put out to grass
  3. put out to pasture
  4. put out to sea
  5. put outs
  6. put over
  7. put paid to
  8. put past
  9. put pedal to the metal
  10. put pen to paper
  11. put right

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