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Meaning of put one over | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

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

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.

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