put the acid on (someone)



put the acid on (someone)

To beg, importune, or proposition (someone) for something, such as a money loan, a favor (sexual or otherwise), or information. Primarily heard in Australia, New Zealand. My no-account brother-in-law is always putting the acid on for a money loan—which, I'll add, he has never once paid back. It's like he's surprised when women in a random bar don't all come up putting the acid on him.
See also: acid, on, put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
&Aelig;Lf&Thorn;Ry&Eth;-Anglo-Saxon
Modestomo-DHE-sto (Spanish, Italian)Spanish, Italian, Portuguese
Varinia-Ancient Roman, Spanish
Shahnoza-Uzbek
Mauriziomow-REE-tsyoItalian
Nahia-Basque