put on

Definitions

1. 1

   To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).

   • Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
   • And Iacob vowed a vow, ſaying, If God will be with me, and will keepe me in this way that I goe, and will giue me bꝛead to eate, and raiment to put on.
2. 2

   To decorate or dress (something) onto another person or a surface.

   • I put a coat on my daughter.
   • I put tinsel on the Christmas tree.
3. 3

   To fool, kid, deceive.

   • You must be putting me on.
   • She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
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   1. 4

      To assume, adopt or affect

      To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.

      • Why are you putting that silly voice on?
      • He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
   2. 5

      To play (a recording).

      • I'll put your favorite record on.
      • Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
   3. 6

      To play (a recording) on (a sound system).

      • I'll put blues on the stereo.
      • We usually put the Beatles on on my boombox.
   4. 7

      To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.

      • I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
   5. 8

      To perform for an audience.

      • The actors put on a show last Saturday.
      • The actors will put Macbeth on only one more time.
   6. 9

      To organize a performance for an audience.

      • The theatre company is putting on Into the Woods this season.
   7. 10

      To provide.

      • Peterbough United have been playing at Lincoln, in something of a local derby. EMR has put on a six-car Class 158 as an additional train, to take 'Posh' fans home (Posh is the team's nickname, by the way).
   8. 11

      To bet (money or other items) on (something).

      • I put five pounds on that racehorse.
   9. 12

      To assign or apply (something) to a target.

      • The gang boss put some goons on the other gang.
      • The witch put a hex on me.
      • This puts a completely different hue on the matter.
   10. 13

       To give (someone) a role in popular media.

       • I hope they put me on TV.
       • They put her on a billboard.
   11. 14

       To set (movie, show, song, etc.) to play on a screen.

       • I put SpongeBob on when the kid gets fussy.
   12. 15

       To switch on (a device).

       • "Then the meter had been put on again?"
   13. 16

       To gain (weight).

       • I put on at least five kilos over the holidays.
   14. 17

       Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

       Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, on.

       • He put the pen on the table.
       • Put it on the list.
       • The doctor put me on a diet.
   15. 18

       To hurry up

       To hurry up; to move swiftly forward.

       • Sophia […] saw several horses coming after on full speed. This greatly alarmed her fears, and she called to the guide to put on as fast as possible.

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• synonymput downliteral—on a list
• synonymenlist
• synonymclothe
• synonymdeceive
• synonymspeed up
• antonymtake offantonym(s) of “literal—on a list”
• antonymdoffantonym(s) of
• antonymundress
• neighborput-on
• neighborput one over
• neighbordon
• neighborwear