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well

put

together

adv. adj.

looking good; having a look that was obviously well taken care of.

e.g a very well put together woman (adj.)
You look well put together (adj.)

put

a pin in it

v.

phrase people say to suggest coming back to a subject and discussing it later. It might sound like an excuse to avoid a topic but can also be said completely honestly and sincerely

Ex.: This point raised by Aurélien is relevant and enthralling but we’re out of time right now. Let’s put a pin in it!

put

smb. off the scent

exp.

mislead someone; deliberately provide wrong information to forbid someone from knowing the truth

E.g.: They are no longer in town, but hey left their car in front of the house just to put everybody off the scent.

dirt

n.

in American English, ‘dirt’ is what British people call ‘soil’ (‘

put

some dirt in a plant pot’). In British English, dirt has the connotation of being dirty (‘you’ve got some dirt on your shoe’)

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apron

n.

An apron is a piece of clothing that you

put

on over the front of your normal clothes and tie round your waist, especially when you are cooking, in order to prevent your clothes from getting dirty.

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On display

n.

has been

put

in a place where everybody can see it.

There are many kinds of species on display in the zoo,lets go and visit there.

dig the dirt

v.

to look for or expose information about a person’s past, usually bad, and to therefore bring that person down or

put

them in a bad light

bend over backwards

v.

When you bend over backwards, you

put

all your effort into something. This expression is often used to say that someone puts a lot of energy into pleasing someone else.

[Fam.] Ex.: She was so benevolent; she would always bend over backwards to help me.

paint oneself into a corner

exp.

do something which puts you in a very difficult situation and limits the way that you can act