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put someone on
Idioms and Phrases
see put on , def. 4.Example Sentences
Defense lawyers in the Georgia election interference case against former President Donald J. Trump say they want to put someone on the stand whose testimony could back up their assertion that Terrence Bradley, a witness in their effort to disqualify the prosecutors running the case, gave misleading testimony.
“If Republicans or Democrats can put someone on the ticket that actually is, you know, worth voting for, then I’ll I vote for them,” he said.
“They had to put someone on TV the moment the movie was over to calm the country down,” Meyer says.
“You can’t put someone on puberty blockers until they’re 18. That’s absolutely medically unsafe,” she said.
Cutting corners is one thing, but the stunt casting typical of other reality shows isn’t possible on “‘Below Deck” because the show takes place on a working yacht, Cox says: “You can’t put someone on a boat that can’t do the job. The lives of my production crew are literally in the hands of the kids on this boat who we are filming. If something goes wrong, they’re the ones that have to get us off safely.”
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