Has anyone put you on the spot or put you in the hot seat? Have you put anything on the back burner? Have you needed to put anything out of your mind. This lesson is all about idioms with put – and I’m not putting you on…Let’s study together.
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- Jean put her boyfriend on the spot at the party when she asked him when they were going to get married.
- My boss often puts me on the spot at meetings when he asks really difficult questions or suddenly makes me do a presentation.
- The boss put Jack in the hot seat when he came late to the meeting.
- Your wife is going to put you in the hot seat if you come home drunk again tonight.
- You had lunch with Johnny Depp? Oh you’re just putting me on.
- I think Jack was putting me on when he told me that he was dating a supermodel. He’s not really at the supermodel level.
- Every time I try to call the bank they put me on hold for at least 20 minutes before I can talk to a person.
- Oh you want to talk to the boss? Let me put you on hold for a moment and I’ll get him.
- Jenny said that she really enjoys painting, but she has to put that on the back burner because she is too busy with her school work.
- Because of the recession, the company’s plan to open a branch office in Tokyo was put on the back burner.
- I got a lot of good ideas at the seminar and I put them down in my notebook.
- The teacher gave us some good ideas about studying today so I put them down.
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