put down for »
To record that someone has offered to help, or contribute something.
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put on »
To play recorded music.
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put on »
To record, to add to a record or document.
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put paid to »
To mark a bill or a debt record as "paid".
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screw back »
To cue the cue ball in such a way as to impart backspin. On impact, the ball will follow a reverse trajectory according to the spin.
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set in one's ways »
Driven by habit; inclined or determined to continue according to one's custom or established preferences.
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string up »
To suspend by means of rope, cord or similar material.
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take down »
To write a note. Usually to record something that is said.
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tape off »
To cordon.
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throw dirt enough, and some will stick »
If enough allegations are made about someone or something, then even if they are all untrue, people's opinion of the person or thing will be diminished.1759, John Wesley, letter to John Downes, Rector of St. Michael's, Wood Street, read at Wesley Center Online at [1] on 14 Oct 06.I hope...that you are ignorant of the whole affair, and are so bold only because you are blind...And blind enough; so that you blunder on through thick and thin, bespattering all that come in your way, according to the old, laudable maxim, 'Throw dirt enough, and some will stick.'1857, Thomas Hughes, Tom Brown's Schooldays, read at fullbooks.com on 14 Oct 06,But whatever harm a spiteful tongue could do them, he took care should be done. Only throw dirt enough, and some will stick.1864, John Henry Newman, Apologia Pro Vita Sua, Penguin Classics (1994), p. 10,Archbishop Whately used to say
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track record »
An organization's, product's, or person's past performance reviewed in its entirety, usually for the purpose of making a judgment.
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try out one's own chops »
To produce one's own records with one's own vocals.
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write down »
Down in writing; to record something.
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write off »
To record an expenditure as an expense.
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write off »
To record an notional expense such as amortization or depreciation.
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