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Put the bite on someone

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• Put the blame on

  see under lay on , def. 3; put it to , def. 3.

• Put the clamps on

  verb phrase To seize, esp to steal (1940s+)

• Put the eye on someone

  verb phrase

• Put the finger on

  Inform on, as in The witness put the finger on the defendant. [ ; c. 1920 ] Also see: put one’s finger on

• Put the finger on someone

  verb phrase

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