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
SeverinZE-ve-reen (German)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish
Giorgos-Greek
AmunAH-mun (English)Egyptian Mythology (Anglicized)
Hudde-Medieval English
Shrivatsa-Indian, Hindi (Rare)
Stav-Hebrew