put upon by



put upon by someone

to be made use of to an unreasonable degree. (*Typically passive.) My mother was always put upon by her neighbors. She was too nice to refuse their requests for help. Jane feels put upon by her live-in mother-in-law.
See also: put, upon

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Osborn['ɔzbən]
Nitin-Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Gujarati, Telugu, Kannada
LeoLE-o (German, Finnish), LAY-o (Dutch), LEE-o (English)German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Finnish, English, Croatian, Late Roman
Klimentklee-MYENT (Russian)Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, Macedonian
Lionel['laiənl]
RoselynROZ-ə-linEnglish