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putting someone on to

putting someone on to is the present participle and gerund 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 putting someone on to

What is putting someone on to the present participle and gerund of?
Putting someone on to is the present participle and gerund of put someone on to.

Words near putting someone on to in the dictionary

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

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