be put upon
informal — phrasal verb with put /pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
› to be treated badly by someone who takes advantage of your wish to be helpful: I'm fed up with being put upon by my boss all the time.Treating people or animals badlyInsults and abuseUnkind, cruel and unfeelingViolent or aggressive
(Definition of be put upon from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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be pushing up (the) daisies idiom
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Synonyms and related words:
- a raw deal idiom
- at the hands of sb idiom
- batten on sb phrasal verb
- be heavy on sb idiom
- bleed sb dry idiom
- harassment noun
- have your knife into sb idiom
- hell noun
- hit sb where it hurts idiom
- ill-treat verb
- persecute verb
- persecution noun
- persecutor noun
- pick on sb phrasal verb
- prey on sb phrasal verb
- trample verb (TREAT WITHOUT RESPECT)
- treat sb like dirt idiom
- trespass on/upon sth phrasal verb
- tyrannical adjective
- tyrannize verb
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