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1 put on the screw
(put on the screw(s) (тж. put the screw(s) on))оказать давление, нажим (на кого-л.)Suppose a Bolivian had killed somebody here, and gone back, we should want him rather badly, shouldn't we, and put the screw on to get him? (J. Galsworthy, ‘Maid in Waiting’, ch. XXXI) — Представьте себе, что какой-нибудь боливиец убил здесь, у нас, кого-нибудь и уехал восвояси - разве мы не стали бы добиваться его выдачи и нажимать на все пружины?
He could put the screw on a number of "big men" he bragged, and did, when it suited him. (K. S. Prichard, ‘The Roaring Nineties’, ch. 36) — Пэдди хвастал, что может "прижать" кое-кого из самых важных особ, и надо сказать, что "прижимал", когда ему это было нужно.
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2 put on the screws
put on the screws (put the screws on smb) разг оказа́ть нажи́м на кого-л.The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > put on the screws
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3 put on the buskin
1) книжн. писать трагедии [buskins котурны сандалии с толстой подошвой, которые надевали трагические актёры в античном театре, чтобы казаться выше ростом]...Aristophanes, Plautus and Terence never put on the buskin. (OED) —...Аристофан, Плавт и Теренций никогда не писали трагедий.
2) впадать в напыщенный тон; говорить высокопарно; ≈ становиться на котурны -
4 put/set the cart before the horse
put/set the cart before the horseEnglish-Dutch dictionary > put/set the cart before the horse
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5 the ship put into the port
the ship put into the porthet schip voer/stevende de haven binnen -
6 put in the picture
put in the picture осведомлять, информировать кого-л.; держать кого-л. вкурсе дела -
7 put on the shelf
put on the shelf сдавать в архив; класть под сукно -
8 put to the worse
put to the worse нанести поражение -
9 put in the mouth
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10 put in the oven
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11 put on the auction block
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12 put on the brakes
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13 put to the test
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14 put to the vote
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15 put in the horses
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16 put off the evil day/hour
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17 put on the dog
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18 put on the feedbag
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19 put on the right track
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20 put on the ritz
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put in the way of — or[put in one s way] {v. phr.} To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward. * /After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job./ * /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the… … Dictionary of American idioms
put in the way of — or[put in one s way] {v. phr.} To set before (someone); give to (someone); show the way to; help toward. * /After Joe graduated, the coach put him in the way of a good job./ * /The librarian put me in the way of a lot of new material on the… … Dictionary of American idioms
put on the map — {v. phr.} To make (a place) well known. * /The first successful climb of Mount Matterhorn put Zermatt, Switzerland, on the map./ * /Shakespeare put his hometown of Stratford on Avon on the map./ … Dictionary of American idioms
