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]
See also: not, past, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Arrats-Basque
ChasityCHAS-i-teeEnglish
SeyyİT-Turkish
Love[lʌv]
Alboin-Ancient Germanic
Iared-Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek