GoEnglish.com Idioms & Phrases keyword page"Put" Idioms & Phrases with "Put"
keyword: Put Don't Put All Your Eggs In One Basket » (don't risk everything all at once...) Don't Put The Cart Before The Horse » (certain things will fail if they are not done in the correct order...) Feel Put Upon » (feel like you are forced to do something...) Put The Cart Before The Horse » (you must do the one thing before you do the other thing; the order cannot be changed...) Put Your Best Foot Forward » (go ahead and give it your best try...) Put Your Foot In Your Mouth » (say something embarrassing...) Why Put Off Until Tomorrow What You Can Do Today » (don't delay; do the things you need to do as soon as possible...) A Square Peg In A Round Hole » (it was put in a place where it does not fit...) Feed The Kitty » (you must put money into the "kitty" if you want to gamble while playing cards...) Float A Loan » (put up an amount of money to be loaned...) Gas Up » (put gasoline in the car; get fuel for a trip; slang: eat a lot of food...) Ham It Up » (act funny; be silly; tell jokes; put on a show...) In Storage » (put away to be used at a future time; it is packed up and stored...) Slap Something Together » (put something together very quickly; build it fast...) Stick em Up » (put your hands up in the air, I am going to take your money...) Take A Powder » (when one goes to a dressing room to put on her make-up...) Thumb A Ride » (hitchhike; ask strangers for a car ride; put one's thumb in the air to ask others to drive one somewhere...)
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