put it on
put it on
To pretend one is feeling a certain way or to make an exaggerated show of one's emotions. Don't mind his crying, there's nothing wrong with him—he's only putting it on!
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- put in mind of
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- put lead in (one's) pencil
- put lead in one's pencil
- put lead in your pencil
- put lipstick on a pig
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- put money into (something)
- put money into something
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- put money on somebody/something
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- put neck on the line
- put no stock in (something)
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- Put it in their back yard!
- put it in their head
- put it in use
- Put It In Writing
- put it in your head
- put it in your head something
- put it into
- put it into effect
- put it into head
- put it into her head
- put it into his head
- put it into my head
- put it into one's head
- put it into one's head it
- put it into one's head something
- put it into operation
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- put it into our heads
- put it into power
- put it into practice
- put it into someone's head
- put it into their head
- put it into their heads
- put it into use
- put it into words
- put it into your head
- put it into your head something
- put it mildly
- put it next to
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- put it on a pedestal
- put it on ice
- Put it on my bill
- put it on paper
- put it on the back burner
- put it on the block
- put it on the cuff
- put it on the front burner
- Put It on the Line
- Put It on the Line
- Put It on the Line
- Put It on the Line
- Put It on the Line
- Put It on the Line
- put it on the long finger
- put it on the map
- put it out
- put it out of head
- put it out of her head
- put it out of her mind
- put it out of his head
- put it out of his mind
- put it out of its misery
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- put it out of my mind
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- put it out of our heads
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