put one over

Language: en

Meaning: (idiomatic)To succeed in adeception.; (idiomatic,withon)Tofool,trick, ordeceive.1913,P. G. Wodehouse, chapter 9, inThe Little Nugget:"[Y]ou surely aren't thinking you canput one over onme in this business? Tell me, you don't take me for that sort of ivory-skulled boob?"2007May 16, Andrew Downie, “Brazil Braces for a (Bogus) Soccer Milestone”, inTime, retrieved28 June 2015:He is the bad-boy-made-good, and in Brazil, particularly in Rio de Janeiro, everyone loves someone who canput one over onauthority.

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