Definition of Put one over

1. Verb. Fool or hoax. "You can't fool me!"

Exact synonyms: Befool, Cod, Dupe, Fool, Gull, Put On, Put One Across, Slang, Take In
Specialized synonyms: Kid, Pull The Leg Of
Generic synonyms: Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Dupe, Dupery, Fool, Fool, Gull, Put-on, Take-in

Definition of Put one over

1. Verb. (idiomatic) To succeed in a deception. ¹

2. Verb. (idiomatic with ''on'') To fool, trick, or deceive. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Put One Over

put one's feet up
put one's finger on
put one's foot down
put one's foot in it
put one's foot in one's mouth
put one's hands together
put one's heart on one's sleeve
put one's mind to it
put one's money where one's mouth is
put one's name in the hat
put one's pants on one leg at a time
put one's shoulder to the wheel
put one's trousers on one leg at a time
put one across
put one foot in front of the other
put one over
put one past somebody
put one through one's paces
put oneself across
put oneself in someone's place
put oneself in someone's shoes
put option
put out a fire
put out feelers
put out of one's misery
put out to pasture
put outs
put over
put paid to

Literary usage of Put one over

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Neuman and Baretti's Dictionary of the Spanish and English Languages by Henry Neuman, Giuseppe Baretti (1851)
"To add one thing to another, to put one over another.—nr. To exalt or pat one's self over or above other things. SOBREPUESTO, ТА, а. Counterfeit, fictitious ..."

2. Encyclopædia Britannica: Or, A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, and edited by Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig (1797)
"... it is again fining on the cords and left to drain, after which the cords are put one over the other into the ..."

3. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1850)
"(Л.-S.) .4) To recover ; to get over. North. (5) Important ; material. Exmoor. (6) Too. Sir Perceval, 1956. (7) To put one over the door, to turn him out. ..."

4. Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Circuit Courts of Ohio by Carl Gustave Jahn, Circuit Courts, Ohio Circuit Courts, Ohio, Ohio Supreme Court (1900)
"... but our state extends it to a case where the master has put one under another, or where, by his direction, be has put one over another. ..."

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