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
GareyGER-ee, GAR-eeEnglish
Renardrə-NARFrench (Rare)
ChristmasKRIS-məsEnglish (Rare)
ÁLvaroAHL-bah-ro (Spanish)Spanish, Portuguese
HankeHAHN-kəDutch
BeckyBEK-eeEnglish