Commonly-Used Idioms, Sayings and phrasal verbs - Saigontre

put (someone) to shame
- to be much better than someone else, to embarrass someone
The school project of my neighbor's child put our child to shame.
put (someone or something) to sleep
- to cause someone to sleep/die through drugs or anesthesia
The doctor put the woman to sleep before the operation began.
put (someone or something) to the test
- to see what someone or something can achieve or do
I put my boss to the test when I asked him to replace our sales manager at work.
put (someone) up
- to provide lodging for someone
I always put my friend up when he comes to visit.
put (someone) up to (something)
- to persuade or cause someone to do something
The boy's friend put him up to cheat on the examination.
put (something) down in black and white
- to write something on paper, to write the details of something down on paper, to
write down the terms of an agreement/contract
I had to put my proposal down in black and white.
put (something) down to (something)
- to explain something as being caused by something else
The police put the accident down to the bad road conditions at the time.
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