straight. Here take this and put your-
self straight.put one’s nose in (where it’s not
wanted) and stick one’s nose in
(where it’s not wanted)tv. to interfere
in someone else’s business. Why do you
always have to stick your nose in? Please
don’t put your nose in where it’s not
wanted!
put on the dog and put on the ritztv.
to make things extra special for a special
event. Frank’s really putting on the dog
for the big party Friday night. They
really put on the ritz for us.
put on the feedbag and put on the
nosebag; tie on the nosebagtv. to pre-
pare to eat; to eat a meal. (Refers to a bag
of feed tied under a horse’s mouth.)
I’m starved. Must be time to put on the
feedbag. Let’s go tie on the nosebag. It’s
nearly noon.
put on the nosebagGo to put on the
feedbag.
put on the ritzGo to put on the dog.
putridmod. alcohol intoxicated. (See also
rotten.) That guy is stinking drunk. Pu-
trid, in fact. They went out last night
and got putrid.
put some distance between someone
and someone or somethingtv. to
lengthen the distance or time between
oneself and someone or something (in-
cluding a place). I gotta put some dis-
tance between me and that cop, fast. Yo u
need to put some distance between you and
your brother’s death. She needed enough
money to put some distance between her-
self and her hometown.
put someone away 1. tv. to put someone
in prison for a long time. (Underworld.)
They put Bart away for fifteen years.
TThe judge put away the whole gang. 2.
tv. to knock someone unconscious.
One tap on the head and I put him away.
The cowboy slugged the rancher in the
jaw and put him away for a while.
put someone on 1. tv. to tease or deceive
someone innocently and in fun. Come
on! You’re just putting me on! He got
real mad even though they were only
putting him on. 2. tv. to introduce some-
one to cannabis use, usually smoking.
(Drugs.) Where did you get that stuff?
Who put you on? My brother uses it,
and he put me on.
put someone or something out of the
waytv. to remove someone or something
as a barrier. I will put the whole prob-
lem out of the way. Yes, she is a prob-
lem, but you’ll just have to put her out of
the way and concentrate on this issue.put someone out of the waytv. to kill
someone. The crooks tried to put the
witness out of the way. Sorry, my friend,
we no longer need you. Ziggy is going to
have to put you out of the way.
put someone’s nose out of jointtv. to
cause someone to feel slighted; to cause
someone to take offense. (See also get
one’s nose out of joint.) I’m sorry we
didn’t invite you. We didn’t mean to put
your nose out of joint. Now, now, that
shouldn’t put your nose out of joint. We’re
sorry.put someone to bed with a shoveltv.
to bury someone; to kill and bury some-
one. (See also put to bed with a shovel.)
Shut up! You want me to put you to bed
with a shovel? The leader of the gang
was getting sort of tired and old, so one of
the younger thugs put him to bed with a
shovel.
put someone uptv. to provide someone
with temporary shelter; to let someone
stay the night. Can you put me up for
a few days? TI could put up a football
team, there’s so much room here.put some sweet lines on someoneGo to
lay some sweet lines on someone.
put something awaytv. to eat something.
Are you going to put this cake away? T
Did you put away that whole pizza?put something on the streettv. to make
something known publicly; to tell every-
one one’s troubles. Man, can’t you keep
a secret? Don’t put everything on the street.
She gets a little problem, and she puts
it on the street right away!put one’s nose in (where it’s not wanted)