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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 |
Sela | | SEE-lə (English) | Biblical |
Jeronim | | - | Croatian |
NoÉ | | no-E (French, Spanish) | French, Spanish, Portuguese |
Althea | | [æl'θi:ə] | |
SoffÍA | | - | Icelandic |
Cora | | ['kɔ:rə] | |