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put over on

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put something over on someone

 and put one over on someone

to play a trick on someone; to deceive someone with something. We really put one over on the teacher and boy, was he mad. I'm too observant. You can't put anything over on me.

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put over on

v.

To communicate something to someone, especially in order to deceive: He tried to put a lie over on me, but I wasn't fooled.

See also: on, put