Word.ws English Dictionary

putting it past

putting it past is the present participle and gerund of put it past.

Meaning of put it past

Verb

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

  1. (idiomatic) To consider it not possible for (someone) (to do something).
    • I wouldn't put it past him to spread malicious gossip about you.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, it, past.
    • He smashed the ball with his left foot and put it past the goalkeeper.

Questions about putting it past

What is putting it past the present participle and gerund of?
Putting it past is the present participle and gerund of put it past.

Words near putting it past in the dictionary

  1. putting into practice
  2. putting into words
  3. putting it about
  4. putting it down
  5. putting it mildly
  6. putting it past
  7. putting it to
  8. putting lie to
  9. putting lipstick on a pig
  10. putting new wine in old bottles
  11. putting off

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: putting it past (page history and authors); put it past (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “putting it past.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/putting_it_past. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.