put something over on
Example Sentences
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As my colleague Queenie Wong reported, Trump seems to think that he and Nvidia’s Huang had put something over on the Chinese.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
“If you seem to respect him, he thinks he’s put something over on you — therefore you’re a fool.”
From Washington Post • May 29, 2019
Occasionally a newcomer tries to put something over on the teams.
From Time Magazine Archive
Since he is convinced that you mean him no good, he is prone to misinterpret an overly friendly manner as an effort to put something over on him.
From Time Magazine Archive
I have got to put something over on Montagne Lewis and his crowd, or throw up the sponge.
From Tom Swift and His Electric Locomotive, or, Two Miles a Minute on the Rails by Appleton, Victor [pseud.]
