put over phrasal verb put yourself/something over/across (to somebody) to communicate your ideas, feelings, etc. successfully to somebody

The most common meaning of the phrasal verb put over is to successfully execute a scam, trick, or other deceptive action. It means that someone has managed to carry out a plan or scheme, often in a clever or cunning way.

This page is about the phrasal verb put over Meaning to communicate something like an idea or an opinion Synonym put across, get across, convey, communicate (formal)

From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English put something ↔ over phrasal verb 1 British English to succeed in telling other people your ideas, opinions, feelings etc The advert puts over the message clearly and simply: nuclear power is clean. 2 put one/something over on somebody informal to deceive someone into believing something that is not true or that is useless Nobody could put one over on him. → put → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus put over • She carried the Mayor's swivel chair, put it down over City Hall, and sat in it.

To render someone or something understandable, relatable, or acceptable (to others). A noun or pronoun can be used between "put" and "over." I'm trying to put over the finer details of the plan to the board of directors. He's behind in the polls because no one knows who he is or what he stands for—we need to put him over to the public at large. 4.