put it to

present singular third person puts it to · participle present putting it to

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, it, to.

   I will put it to you very candidly.

2. To put up for consideration.

   put it to a vote

3. To overload with work or obligations.

   You really put it to him, making him do all the heavy-lifting.

4. To blame on.

   They did not have an easy scapegoat, so they put it to the leader.

5. To exploit an unfair advantage; to cheat; to swindle.

   That mechanic put it to Sam.

6. alternativeAlternative form of stick it to.

   Then put it to Judah. God knows if you walk in and give up Judah you're giving up yourself.

   2021, Michael Farris Smith, chapter 52, in Nick, New York; Boston; London: Little, Brown and Company, page 261