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puts someone on to

puts someone on to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone on to.

Meaning of put someone on to

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To show; to draw someone's attention to something useful or interesting.
    • O.D.'d, the coroner said. But Meg thought there was more to it. And there was. Much more. Thinking this might be a lead, Meg's friend Joanna, a lesbian and a prostitute, put her on to a bar called Kinky's. Kinky's is where pre-pubescent girls got recruited for kiddy porn films and working the...1989 May 6, Liz Galst, “Meet Meg Lacey, Private Heat”, in Gay Community News, page 7
    Antonyms:
    put off

Questions about puts someone on to

What is puts someone on to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts someone on to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put someone on to.

Words near puts someone on to in the dictionary

  1. puts someone in mind of
  2. puts someone in their place
  3. puts someone on blast
  4. puts someone on game
  5. puts someone on ice
  6. puts someone on to
  7. puts someone out of their misery
  8. puts someone to their trumps
  9. puts someone under
  10. puts someone under the screw
  11. puts someone wise

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