put something over on
Example Sentences
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As my colleague Queenie Wong reported, Trump seems to think that he and Nvidia’s Huang had put something over on the Chinese.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 14, 2025
“If you seem to respect him, he thinks he’s put something over on you — therefore you’re a fool.”
From Washington Post • May 29, 2019
Since he is convinced that you mean him no good, he is prone to misinterpret an overly friendly manner as an effort to put something over on him.
From Time Magazine Archive
Occasionally a newcomer tries to put something over on the teams.
From Time Magazine Archive
He was a slender, almost wand-slim young man, whose pleased smirk said that he, too, was about to put something over on the notorious Free Traders.
From Plague Ship by Norton, Andre
