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put to the blush

put to the blush verb: to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.

Verb

put to the blush (third-person singular simple present puts to the blush, present participle putting to the blush, simple past and past participle put to the blush)

  1. (transitive) To cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.
    • I am glad he is gon, a put me to the blush
      When a did aske me of ritch Somerfields death.1611, Lording Barry, Ram-Alley: or Merrie-Trickes, London: Robert Wilson, act II, scene 1
    • I remember I was once put very much to the Blush, being at a Friend’s House, and by him requir’d to salute the Ladies, I kiss’d the Chamber-Jade in to the bargain, for she was as well dress’d as the best.1725, Daniel Defoe, “Every-body’s Business, Is No-body’s Business: or, Private Abuses, Publick Grievances”, in et al., London: T. Warner, page 15

Forms of put to the blush

third-person singular presentputs to the blush
present participleputting to the blush
past participleput to the blush
pastput to the blush

Questions about put to the blush

What does put to the blush mean?
Put to the blush means to cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.
What part of speech is put to the blush?
Put to the blush is a verb.
What is the past tense of put to the blush?
The past tense of put to the blush is put to the blush.

Words near put to the blush in the dictionary

  1. put to lie
  2. put to rest
  3. put to sea
  4. put to shame
  5. put to sleep
  6. put to the blush
  7. put to the horn
  8. put to the sword
  9. put to the test
  10. put to the torch
  11. put to the vote

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