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Definition 2025
put_on
put on
English
Verb
put on (third-person singular simple present puts on, present participle putting on, simple past and past participle put on) (transitive)
- Used other than as an idiom: see put, on.
- He put the pen on the table.
- Put it on the list.
- The doctor put me on a diet.
- To don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- Why don't you put on your jacket. It's cold.
- To fool, kid, deceive.
- You must be putting me on.
- She's putting on that she's sicker than she really is.
- To assume, adopt or affect; to behave in a particular way as a pretense.
- Why are you putting on that silly voice?
- He's just putting on that limp -- his leg's actually fine.
- To play (a recording).
- I'll put on your favorite record.
- Can you put on The Sound of Music? I'd like to see it again.
- To initiate cooking or warming, especially on a stovetop.
- I'll put on some coffee for everybody.
- To perform for an audience.
- The actors put on a show.
Related terms
Translations
to place upon
to don clothing
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to play recorded music