put one over on

Burnley are at Goodison Park today looking to put one over on their former boss Dyche.

It was Jim Telfer, a Scottish sporting hero from a different code, who said that there is only one way to win respect and that's to put one over on your rival.

Sunday begins with the ‘chosen one’ in David Moyes getting the chance to put one over on José Mourinho and West Ham to exert their clear superiority over Tottenham.

He’s right, but if you think he looked besotted with himself then, imagine if he can put one over on Arsenal, who he frequently troubled as Bolton manager.

But it’s also likely made it harder for powerful institutions to put one over on the public, to justify authoritarian power grabs in the name of public safety.