put upon, be



put upon, be

Be taken advantage of, be imposed on, as in Bob was always put upon by his friends, who knew he couldn't say no. It also is put as feel put upon, as in We felt quite put upon because the entire family insisted on spending every holiday at our house . [Mid-1800s]
See also: put

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
AngÉLa-Hungarian
Stian-Norwegian
Vitomir-Croatian, Serbian, Slovene, Medieval Slavic
AgustÍNah-goos-TEENSpanish
Alasdair['æləsdə]
Normand-English