单词 | to put the change upon |
释义 | > as lemmasto put the change upon (also on) (a person) ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > conformity with what is known, truth > deceit, deception, trickery > deceive [phrase] to blear the eyesc1325 to play mock-holiday with?1558 on a lock1598 to put the change upon (also on) (a person)1658 to play false1680 to draw (pull, spread) the wool over (a person's) eyes1839 to lead (a person) up the garden (path)1923 to pull a fastie1931 to take (someone) for a sleigh ride1931 to pull a swiftie1945 1658 tr. J. L. G. de Balzac Choyce Lett. i. ii. xxix. 62 You see here I put the change upon you, and deviate as much from my subject as I can. 1694 W. Congreve Double-dealer v. i. 75 I have put the change upon her, that she may be otherwise employ'd. 1705 E. Hickeringill Priest-craft 44 He put the change upon the unthinking Senate; and ordain'd a Presbyter or Elder in the room of every Parish-Priest. a1739 C. Jarvis tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote (1742) II. ii. ix. 140 Those enchanters..are perpetually setting shapes before me as they really are, and presently putting the change upon me, and transforming them into whatever they please. 1821 W. Scott Kenilworth I. iii. 58 You cannot put the change on me so easy as you think. 1863 St. James's Mag. May 242 It is of no use trying to put the change upon the sagacious and penetrating reader. < as lemmas |
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