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If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.
Nigel Farage

Meaning of "put upon" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT UPON

put upon play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PUT UPON

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Put upon is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES PUT UPON MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of put upon in the English dictionary

The definition of put upon in the dictionary is to presume on ; take advantage of. Other definition of put upon is to impose hardship on; maltreat.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT UPON

put the moz on
put the nips in
put the question
put the record straight
put the wind up
put their heads together
put through
put to bed
put to death
put to flight
put to sea
put to shame
put to the torch
put two and two together
put up
put up the shutters
put up to
put up with
put wise
put words into someone´s mouth

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT UPON

come upon
coupon
croupon
entry coupon
hereupon
international reply coupon
jupon
put-upon
ration coupon
reply coupon
set upon
thereupon
upon
whereupon
yaupon

Synonyms and antonyms of put upon in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «put upon» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUT UPON

Find out the translation of put upon to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of put upon from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «put upon» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

在放
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

puesto sobre
570 millions of speakers

English

put upon
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

पर डाल
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع على
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

возложил на
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colocar em cima
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উপর করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre sur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meletakkan pada
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

setzen auf
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

時置く
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

시 넣어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sijine marang
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt trên
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

போடு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

वर ठेवले
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Üzerine koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mettere su
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umieścić na
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поклав на
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune la
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βάζουν πάνω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

opgelê
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta på
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

iklé
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of put upon

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UPON»

The term «put upon» is regularly used and occupies the 90.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT UPON» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «put upon» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «put upon» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about put upon

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6 QUOTES WITH «PUT UPON»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word put upon.
1
D. A. Carson
There needs to be a place in the church or just outside - there needs to be a place where people feel free to ask questions without being put upon, where they feel free to ask difficult, challenging questions to voice their skepticism.
2
Nigel Farage
If I was a Greek citizen I'd be out there trying to bring down this monstrosity that has been put upon those people.
3
James Herriot
I wish people would realize that animals are totally dependent on us, helpless, like children, a trust that is put upon us.
4
Sinclair Lewis
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.
5
James Longstreet
If the blame (if there is any) can be shifted from him to me, I shall help him and our cause by taking it. I desire, therefore, that all the responsibility that can be put upon me shall go there and shall remain there.
6
Moliere
A wise man is superior to any insults which can be put upon him, and the best reply to unseemly behavior is patience and moderation.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT UPON»

Discover the use of put upon in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put upon and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Corporations Law in Australia
This approach thus excludes the Northside "put upon inquiry" test and favours the interests of third parties over those of companies. A second and wider approach argues that a person cannot make the assumptions in a situation where the ...
Roman Tomasic, Stephen Bottomley, Rob McQueen, 2002
2
Owl Window, Owl Swamp, Owl Blood: An Attempt of an Account
and yet I went step by step by people and ho mes, knowing that they would see me, the moron, a foo l for Christ, despised a nd disavowed, misjudged and taunted by all, a scum, I felt the dishonor that th ey put upon me, felt the dishonor that ...
Andreas Eschenbacher, 2002
3
Reports of Cases Arising Upon Letters Patent for Inventions: ...
Another question, gentlemen, which has been made, is whether the putting it upon the lamps, which is alleged in the first indictment, is proved by its being put upon the caps. Of that I have no doubt. The cap, when put upon the lamp, is a part of ...
United States. Circuit Courts, John E. Hatch, Robert H. Parkinson, 1870
4
Parliamentary Papers, House of Commons and Command
But is it not always the case, in the commutation of tithes, whenever any parish has pasturage any where on the common, that that is calculated and put upon the inclosed lands in the commutation, there is no rent-charge put upon the common  ...
Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons, 1844
5
Official Journal of the Proceedings of House of ...
Under a suspension of the constitutional rule the bill was put upon its second reading and referred to the Committee on Judiciary. House bill No. 75, an act to repeal an act entitled "an act to authorize all persons who have obtained their proper ...
Louisiana. Legislature. House, 1871
6
A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for ...
The first and great point that appears to me for your lordship's consideration, is, the construction and meaning of this oath ; for, unless the oath has the meaning which we put upon it, it is unnecessary to say a single word uponany other part of  ...
‎1826
7
MINUTES OF EVIDENCE TAKEN BEFORE THE SELECT COMMITTEE ON ...
3 December, Do you mean to state that you did not know, upon the result of your canvass, l 3°' you had no reasonable expectation of being able to put upon the poll such a number of freemen as would countervail the majority of Sir Charles ...
‎1830
8
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible
Aaron and his sons, — and bathed them with water, 7 and put upon him the tunic, and girded him with the band, and clothed him with the robe, and put upon him the ephod, and girded him with the curiously-woven band of the ephod, and ...
9
Journal of the Senate of Virginia
And, on the question being put upon the third reading of the said bill, it was rejected by the House. Mr. Johnson also, from the same Committee to whom was committed the bill, “ Increasing the Pension of Edward Lewis,” reported that the ...
Virginia. General Assembly. Senate, 1820
10
A Commentary Upon the Second Book of Moses, Called Exodus
And put upon Aaron the corit,and 'be robe of the EpfJod, and the Epbod, See] The order"wherein these Germents were put on,according to the Tallrtndistr,was this: First the Breec/Je: were put on by the Priest hirnselfland that privatelyz which  ...
Simon Patrick, 1697

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUT UPON»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term put upon is used in the context of the following news items.
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Millions of British dads feel they are actually 'put upon pas …
Millions of British dads feel they are actually PUPs - 'put upon pas', according to new research. Seven out of 10 fathers said their offspring only call when they ... «Western Daily Press, Jun 15»
2
Women in hospitals: put upon and harassed
On Friday night, Gabrielle McMullin told a lot of women something they already knew about surgery, about medicine, about the professions, about every single ... «The Canberra Times, Mar 15»
3
Outside a Former Temple of Big Tobacco, Feeling Put Upon Once …
On the sidewalk alongside that building, at 120 Park Avenue, across from Grand ... Smokers know this place well: Some come from as far as a block and a half ... «New York Times, Jun 10»

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