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What (who) is put someone on - definition

TRADITIONAL SONG
Polly put the kettle on; Polly Put The Kettle On
  • Advertisement for the 1916 film, based on a screen story by Grace Helen Bailey inspired by the song.

put someone on      
informal
try to make someone believe something that is untrue.
put option         
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
European put option; Put options; American Put Option; European put; Long put; Short put
¦ noun Stock Exchange an option to sell assets at an agreed price on or before a particular date.
Put option         
FINANCIAL INSTRUMENT
European put option; Put options; American Put Option; European put; Long put; Short put
In finance, a put or put option is a financial market derivative instrument that gives the holder (i.e.

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Polly Put the Kettle On

"Polly Put the Kettle On" is an English nursery rhyme. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 7899.

Examples of use of put someone on
1. "NSA cannot, under the FISA statute, put someone on coverage and go ahead and play for 72 hours while it gets a note saying it‘s OK," he said.
2. Bush should put someone on the ground who can marshal and oversee the deployment of all available federal resources, including the new relief money.
3. Bush‘s conservative base has long anticipated a chance to put someone on the Court who will espouse right–wing and anti–abortion views but many view Miers as a betrayal of those hopes.
4. Said the president, "I don‘t want to put someone on the bench who‘s this way today and changes. ... I‘m interested in someone who shares my philosophy and will share it 20 years from now." Asked if that was a reference to Souter, Bush chuckled and said, "You‘re trying to get me in trouble with my father."