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put the change on someone

put the change on someone verb: to trick or delude someone.

Verb

put the change on someone (third-person singular simple present puts the change on someone, present participle putting the change on someone, simple past and past participle put the change on someone)

  1. To trick or delude someone.

Forms of put the change on someone

third-person singular presentputs the change on someone
present participleputting the change on someone
past participleput the change on someone
pastput the change on someone

Questions about put the change on someone

What does put the change on someone mean?
Put the change on someone means to trick or delude someone.
What part of speech is put the change on someone?
Put the change on someone is a verb.
What is the past tense of put the change on someone?
The past tense of put the change on someone is put the change on someone.

Words near put the change on someone in the dictionary

  1. put the brakes on
  2. put the cabosh on
  3. put the cart before the horse
  4. put the case
  5. put the cat among the pigeons
  6. put the change on someone
  7. put the clock back
  8. put the clock forward
  9. put the clocks back
  10. put the cork back in the bottle
  11. put the dead wood on

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