put something over

English

Verb

put something over (third-person singular simple present puts something over, present participle putting something over, simple past and past participle put something over)

1. Alternative form of put one over
   • 1975 December 20, M, L, D, “Coming Out At 30”, in Gay Community News, volume 3, number 25, page 11:

     I was always the aggressor in a sexual encounter. I never felt that a man was putting something over on me. I did what I wanted to do. We were brought up to feel that men were always out to seduce you, to take something from you. I felt that I took what I wanted, that I was right.