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What (who) is put one over 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 one over on      
informal
deceive (someone) into accepting something false.
Super Over         
  • Chris Gayle scored 25 runs in the first Super Over
IN CRICKET, AN ADDITIONAL OVER OF SIX BALLS USED AS A TIEBREAKER
Super-over; One-over eliminator; Super over; Oopse; Boundary countback; Boundary count; Boundary count back
A Super Over, also called a one-over eliminator or officially a one over per side eliminator, is a tie-breaking method used in limited-overs cricket matches, where both teams play a single, additional over of six balls to determine the winner of the match. A match which goes to a Super Over is officially declared a "tie", and won by the team who score the most runs in the Super Over.
5-over-1         
  • 4-over-1 in [[La Crosse, Wisconsin]]
  • 4-over-1 and 3-over-1 in the background
TYPE OF MULTI-FAMILY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING, OFTEN CONTAINING RETAIL SPACE
Five-over-one; Five over one; One plus five; 5 over 1; 1 plus 5; Five-plus-one; One-plus-five
5-over-1, also known as a one-plus-five, or a podium building, is a type of multi-family residential building commonly found in urban areas of North America. The mid-rise buildings are normally constructed with four or five wood-frame stories above a concrete podium (usually for retail or resident amenity space).

Wikipedia

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 one over on
1. We told him that anyone could put one over on him.
2. He boasted of his ability to put one over on presidents and prime ministers, and with the same degree of pride enumerated heads of state as his personal friends.
3. It was sad to hear Finance Ministry Director General Yossi Bachar and Israel Securities Authority Chairman Moshe Terry explaining how Israel Discount Bank had put one over on them when it began charging the public a fee for purchasing mutual fund shares.
4. Although Finns were also in action on two wheels and four wheels over the weekend, the main event for most people was the annual athletics meet between Finland and Sweden, "Finnkampen". This is one of the few old–style international competitions still left anywhere on the athletics calendar, and it retains its popularity hereabouts as a yearly chance to put one over on the auld enemy Sweden.