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put sth on
— Phrasal Verb with put /pʊt/ verb [T] (present participle putting, past tense and past participle put)Definition
CLOTHES › to put clothes or shoes onto your body: You'd better put your coat on, it's cold outside.
EQUIPMENT mainly UK › to make a piece of equipment work by pressing a switch: Can you put the light on please?
BEHAVIOUR › to pretend to have a particular feeling, or to behave in a way which is not real or natural for you: He's not really upset, he's just putting it on.
MUSIC/FILM › to put a CD or other recording into a machine so that you can see or hear it: Why don't you put on some music?
put on weight UK › to become fatter and heavier
(Definition of put sth on from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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