put past: meaning & examples

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Language: English

Meanings:

  • 1.

    British EnglishUS Englishinformal
    • Used in constructions such as 'wouldn't put past someone' to indicate that one believes a person is capable of doing a particular (often undesirable or surprising) action; to not be surprised if someone did something.

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    • I wouldn't put it past Sarah to organize a surprise party for John's birthday.

      No me sorprendería que Sarah organizara una fiesta sorpresa para el cumpleaños de John.

    • Would you put it past him to take credit for someone else's work? I wouldn't be shocked.

      ¿Crees que él sería capaz de atribuirse el mérito del trabajo de otra persona? No me sorprendería.

    • They wouldn't put it past the team to pull off a last-minute victory despite the odds.

      No sorprendería que el equipo lograra una victoria de último minuto a pesar de las probabilidades.

  • 2.

    Globalneutral
    • To move beyond or set aside something from the past (as in reconciling or leaving past grievances behind); often appears in phrases meaning to put the past behind oneself.

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    • After years of conflict, they finally put the past behind them and started fresh.

      Después de años de conflicto, finalmente dejaron el pasado atrás y comenzaron de nuevo.

    • She has put past mistakes past her and is focusing on moving forward with her career.

      Ella ha dejado atrás los errores del pasado y se está enfocando en avanzar con su carrera.

    • Can we put past grievances past us and work together for the good of the project?

      ¿Podemos dejar atrás los resentimientos del pasado y trabajar juntos por el bien del proyecto?

Examples:

  • EN: There's no spiteful act I'd put past old Dicko here, especially if he were drunk.
    ES: Yo podría atribuir cualquier crueldad a Dicko, sobre todo si está borracho.
  • EN: So unless he drops in on us from above in a balloon, which I wouldn't put past him, she should be safe.
    ES: Al menos que nos caiga encima con un globo algo que no descarto ella no corre peligro.
  • EN: There's no sneak thievery I'd put past him. But he was in the hall the whole time.
    ES: Baldwin Peche está más ocupado contando chismes que trabajando.
  • EN: Unless they had some sort of Flowers in the Attic thing going on which I wouldn't put past him.
    ES: A menos que lo de ellos sea como "Flores en el Ático". Lo creo muy capaz.
  • EN: If there were something that you had to put past you... to get on with your life... and you tried every way that was fair and honest to do that... and nothing worked... is it really wrong to bend the rules just once?
    ES: Si hubiera algo que tuvieras que dejar en el pasado para seguir con tu vida e intentaras de todas las formas justas y honestas de hacerlo y nada funcionara ¿estaría mal romper las reglas una vez?
  • EN: She can't possibly know about our little deal yet-- unless my phone is tapped, which I wouldn't put past her.
    ES: No puede saber aún lo de nuestro pequeño acuerdo... a menos que mi móvil este intervenido, no pondría ir más allá de ella.
  • EN: I would never reveal a source, even under penalty of torture, which, by the way, I don't put past that sadist of a colonel out there.
    ES: Nunca revelaría una fuente, incluso bajo pena de tortura. lo que, por cierto, no dudaría de que fuese capaz de ello ese sádico coronel de ahí afuera.
  • EN: Still, I'd hoped we could put past quarrels behind us.
    ES: Aún así, yo esperaba que pudiéramos poner peleas pasado atrás.
  • EN: I knew that that was something I wouldn't have put past Matt, to try to have sex with my sister.
    ES: No me sorprendía que Matt hubiera intentado acostarse con mi hermana.
  • EN: Ok. Well, unless our Laurel is mysteriously back from the dead-- something I wouldn't put past either of the Lance sisters--
    ES: Bueno, a menos que nuestra Laurel haya vuelto misteriosamente de la muerte... cosa que no descartaría de ninguna de las hermanas Lance...
  • EN: Which I wouldn't put past her.
    ES: Lo cual no me sorprendería.
  • EN: There's nothing I'd put past you.
    ES: No hay nada que te dejaría pasar.
  • EN: We gotta put past.
    ES: Tenemos que pasar.
  • EN: You're actually trying to fail, which I wouldn't put past you at all.
    HI: जान दे दूंगा आ सच में अब न सताओ ,
  • EN: I think it's widely known at this stage that I am willing to put past...
    HI: मेरे लिए वो ही पल पूरी कायनात होती है. .

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