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- not put something past someone
not put something past someone
not put something past someone
Consider someone capable of doing something, especially something bad. For example, I wouldn't put it past him to tell a lie or two. This expression uses past in the sense of "beyond." [Late 1800s]
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Roxie | | RAHK-see | English |
Nessa (3) | | NES-a | Irish, Irish Mythology |
Uberto | | oo-BER-to | Italian |
Amun | | AH-mun (English) | Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized) |
Mollie | | MAHL-ee | English |
Mcgowan | | [mə'gauən] | |