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Meaning of put the bee on | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C2

Definitions

  1. To finish off; to beat.
    US, slang, transitive
  2. To beg from; to borrow money from.
    US, slang, transitive

Examples

“When Carmen quipped in, “Well, Mr. President somebody has to put the bee on them,” the General asserted, “It won't be me, never.””
“Sometimes I'd see a woman in the backyard, and, if she had a kind face I'd put the bee on her.”
“I don’t want to be the kind of a guy that would take advantage of him. You know one time I put the bee on him for a buck.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

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