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Meaning of put one over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

  1. To succeed in a deception.
    idiomatic
  2. To fool, trick, or deceive.
    idiomatic, with-on

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Examples

“"[Y]ou surely aren't thinking you can put⟳ one over on me in this business? Tell⟳ me, you don't take⟳ me for that sort⟳ of ivory-skulled boob?"”
“He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who can put⟳ one over on authority.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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See also

put one past put one's affairs in order put one's ass on the line put one's back into put one's best foot foremost put one's best foot forward

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