What's the meaning of put somebody up?

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1. What's the meaning of put somebody up?
2. Did he put you up to this meaning?
3. What means to put someone down?
4. What is the meaning of put someone off?
5. What does put you on mean?
6. When should you put someone down?
7. What's another word for being put down?
8. What should I say to put someone off?
9. What is the phrasal verb of put up?
10. What does it mean when you put someone on the spot?
11. What does it mean to put you on with someone?
12. What's a word for putting yourself down?
13. What is it called when someone belittles you?
14. What is the opposite of put down?
15. What does putting me off mean?
16. What is the phrasal verb of put down?
17. Whats the meaning of makeout?
18. How do you respond when you are put on the spot?
19. What does it mean to say a chip off the old block?
20. How do you talk to someone who puts you down?

What's the meaning of put somebody up?

: to convince (someone) to do (something stupid or foolish) His friends put him up to (playing) the prank.

Did he put you up to this meaning?

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput somebody up to something phrasal verbto encourage someone to do something stupid or dangerous 'Did Shirley put you up to this? ' 'No, it was my own idea.

What means to put someone down?

transitive to criticize someone, especially when other people are present, in a way that makes them feel stupid. He's always trying to put me down. Synonyms and related words. To criticize, accuse or blame.

What is the meaning of put someone off?

to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something. Lack of parking space was putting potential customers off. Robert's attitude towards women really puts me off. put someone off someone/something: I put him off the idea of going shopping with me.

What does put you on mean?

To put someone on means to joke about something or to tell someone something untrue as a joke. In the first example, Bill and Mark told Jack that a girl liked him when she really did not like him. They were putting him on.

When should you put someone down?

(INSULT) to make someone feel foolish and unimportant: They never put down other companies in their commercials.

What's another word for being put down?

Find another word for put down. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for put down, like: sardonic, insult, silence, suppression, takedown, put, invective, cut, crush, repress and compliment.

What should I say to put someone off?

put off

• defer,
• delay,
• hold off (on),
• hold over,
• hold up,
• lay over,
• postpone,
• put over,

What is the phrasal verb of put up?

Put up = to raise or increase something (transitive) To raise something, increase the price of something or put something in a higher position. The banks put up their interest rates last week. The local supermarket has put up the price of milk again.

What does it mean when you put someone on the spot?

When you 'put someone on the spot', you are forcing someone to answer a difficult question or make a decision about something very quickly. *The teachers put the Vice-Chancellor on the spot by asking him when the new pay scales would be implemented.

What does it mean to put you on with someone?

to joke with someone by saying something that is hard for the person to believe: "I hear Joe's quit his job." "You're putting me on!"

What's a word for putting yourself down?

What is another word for putting oneself down for?

pledging	promising
stating	avowing
asseverating	soaking
vouchsafing	committing oneself
binding oneself	giving an undertaking

What is it called when someone belittles you?

Some common synonyms of belittle are decry, depreciate, and disparage. While all these words mean "to express a low opinion of," belittle usually suggests a contemptuous or envious attitude.

What is the opposite of put down?

Opposite of to forcefully or violently subdue. allow. encourage. let go.

What does putting me off mean?

to make someone not want to do something, or to make someone not like someone or something. Lack of parking space was putting potential customers off. Robert's attitude towards women really puts me off. put someone off someone/something: I put him off the idea of going shopping with me.

What is the phrasal verb of put down?

to stop something by force synonym crush to put down a rebellion The military government is determined to put down all opposition. [often passive] to kill an animal, usually by giving it a drug, because it is old or sick We had to have our cat put down.

Whats the meaning of makeout?

Making out is a term of American origin dating back to at least 1949, and is used to refer to kissing, including extended French kissing or heavy kissing of the neck (called necking), or to acts of non-penetrative sex such as heavy petting.

How do you respond when you are put on the spot?

Practice set responses.

1. Please say a bit more about what you're asking. ...
2. I do not have that information. ...
3. Here is what I'm taking away from this conversation. ...
4. I think I'm clear about your idea, and I see it differently. ...
5. While I would have preferred a different approach, I'll fully support this. ...
6. Did I answer your question?

What does it mean to say a chip off the old block?

An expression used of people who closely resemble their parents in some way: “Mark just won the same sailboat race his father won twenty years ago; he's a chip off the old block.”

How do you talk to someone who puts you down?

How To Deal With People Who Put You Down

1. Realize that their comments reflect on them, NOT you. ...
2. Consider the counter-evidence. ...
3. Put things firmly in perspective. ...
4. Ask whether there was anything constructive in the put down. ...
5. Don't attack them in return. ...
6. Laugh it off. ...
7. Say thank you. ...
8. Tell them how it makes you feel.

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