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put sth on

(COVER BODY) phrasal verb with put
 
 
/pʊt/ verb (present tense putting, past tense and past participle put)

Definition

A2 to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up, or something similar: Put your shoes on - we're going out. He put on his jacket. She puts face cream on every night.Putting clothes on
(Definition of put sth on (COVER BODY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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