PUT (SOMETHING) OVER


Meaning of PUT (SOMETHING) OVER in English

put something ↔ over phrasal verb ( see also ↑ put )

1 . British English to succeed in telling other people your ideas, opinions, feelings etc:

The advert puts over the message clearly and simply: nuclear power is clean.

2 . put one/something over on somebody informal to deceive someone into believing something that is not true or that is useless:

Nobody could put one over on him.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.