put one past

verb

To deceive, trick, or fool (someone), especially by concealing something.

“He tried to put one past the band director by giving her a jalapeño-flavored lollipop.”

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Meanings

verbput one past (third-person singular simple present puts one past, present participle putting one past, simple past and past participle put one past)

present singular third person puts one past · participle present putting one past

  1. idiomatictransitiveTo deceive, trick, or fool (someone), especially by concealing something.

    He tried to put one past the band director by giving her a jalapeño-flavored lollipop.

Origin

From put past with placeholder one.

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