put on
• place a garment, piece of jewellery, etc. on part of one's body.
• "Julie had put on a cotton dress"
Similar:
get dressed in,
dress in,
don,
clothe oneself in,
pull on,
climb into,
fling on,
throw on,
pour oneself into,
slip into,
change into,
rig oneself out in,
tog oneself up/out in,
doll oneself up in,
• cause a device to operate.
• "shall I put the light on?"
Similar:
switch on,
turn on,
flick on,
power up,
activate,
• organize or present a play, exhibition, or event.
• "the museum is putting on an exhibition of Monet's paintings"
• increase in body weight by a specified amount.
• "she's given up her diet and put on 20 lb"
• assume a particular expression, accent, etc.
• "he put on a lugubrious look"
• bet a specified amount of money on the outcome of a future event, such as a race or game.
• "he put £1,000 on the horse to win"
• cause someone or something to be subject to something unwelcome or unpleasant.
• "commentators put some of the blame on Congress"
Similar:
lay,
pin,
place,
impose,
fix,
attribute to,
impute to,
attach to,
assign to,
allocate to,
ascribe to,
• tease or playfully deceive someone.
• "I was only putting you on"
• give someone a phone so that they can talk to the person on the line.
• "put dad on, I want to talk to him"
put-on
noun
• a deception; a hoax.
