单词 | to put it home to |
释义 | > as lemmasto put it home to (a person) ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > reproach > [verb (transitive)] > reproach with upbraida1250 undernimc1320 to lay to one's credit, reproachc1515 to cast (a thing) in one's teeth1526 to twit (a person) in the teeth1530 to hit (one) in the teeth with1535 to cast (also lay, throw) (something) in one's dish1551 to fling (anything) in one's teeth1587 to throw (thrust, fling, (etc.)) (something) in a person's face1597 to tit (a person) in the teeth1622 nose1625 exprobrate1630 puta1663 1588 ‘M. Marprelate’ Oh read ouer D. Iohn Bridges: Epitome sig. Fv Your 2. reason..is put home I trow, and ouerthroweth the puritans out of all cesse. 1605 B. Jonson Sejanus ii. i. 344 That trick was well put home, and had succeeded too, But that [etc.] . View more context for this quotation a1663 R. Sanderson Ad Clerum (1670) 3 Their Hypocrisie he putteth home to them. 1693 T. D'Urfey Richmond Heiress iii. i. 29 I'll go and prepare her once more for my Son, and put the Case home to her, and her Ingratitude. 1719 D. Defoe Farther Adventures Robinson Crusoe 280 I should..find an Opportunity to put it home to them. 1760 C. Johnstone Chrysal II. i. iii. 26 At first I imagined she might have been only in jest,..but when I went out with her into the next parlour, and put it home to her, she still persisted in it. 1791 J. Reynolds Let. 17 Dec. in A. Hamilton Observ. Certain Documents (1800) App. p. xiv Put that home to yourself and tell me what you would do in such a case. 1845 B. Barton Househ. Verses 221 The questions myself then put to myself, With their answers, I give to thee. Put them home to thyself. 1885 H. M. Milner Turpin's Ride to York ii. vi. 10 Since you put it home to me, I can no longer conceal it. 1909 Fresno (Calif.) Bee 14 Dec. When you meet your millionaire Methodists everywhere, put it home to them. < as lemmas |
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