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Definition of Put one across
1. Verb. Fool or hoax. "You can't fool me!"
Specialized synonyms: Kid, Pull The Leg Of
Generic synonyms: Betray, Deceive, Lead Astray
Derivative terms: Dupe, Dupery, Fool, Fool, Gull, Put-on, Take-in
Lexicographical Neighbors of Put One Across
Literary usage of Put one across
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Sunset by Southern Pacific Company, Southern Pacific Company. Passenger Dept (1915)
"A threat lurked in the lawyer's scrutiny as he retorted: "So you're trying to
put one across on me too, are you? Better not, Sparger. ..."
2. Lectures and Sermons by Thomas Nicolas Burke (1872)
"... for they took two large beams, put one across the other, fastened them with
great nails, and made it strong enough to uphold a full-grown man. ..."
3. The Encyclopedia Britannica: A Dictionary of Arts, Sciences, Literature and by Hugh Chisholm (1910)
"One does not in terms request a ferryman to put one across the river. Stepping into
the boat is an offer to pay the usual fare for being ferried over, ..."
4. Letters from the United States, Cuba and Canada by Amelia Matilda Murray (1856)
"... though perfectly safe; and it required some determination upon my part to be
reconciled to profit by them, though they put one across the river in half ..."
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