put someone on (to) [exp]

Meaning:

• to tease someone.
• to make fun of somebody.

Examples:

1. Ben: I have 20 billion dollars in the bank. Alice: Really! Are you putting me on?! Ben: Yes. I wanted to know your reaction.
2. Are you serious, or are you just putting me on?
3. He told her he’d won the lottery, but he was just putting her on.
4. I can’t believe I fell for that! You were putting me on the whole time!

Quiz

Quiz;"to put someone on"

Read this page and all description about the slang "to put someone on" then answer the questions in this quiz.

1 / 4

Which situation shows someone is "putting someone else on"?

Asking them to try on a new outfit

Helping a coworker be prepared for an important presentation

Telling a friend they saw a UFO when they really didn’t

Assigning someone a new responsibility at work

2 / 4

If someone says, "Are you putting me on?" how do they feel?

Angry

Curious

Excited

Confused

3 / 4

Which of the sentences below has used "to put someone on" correctly as a slang?

Don’t put me on—did you really meet a celebrity yesterday?

She put him on the team because of his excellent skills.

They put her on as the host for next week’s event.

He asked me to put on a jacket before going outside.

4 / 4

What "to put someone on" means?

To help a person get a job

To promote a person in an office

To give a person a new outfit to wear

To tease or trick a person by saying something wrong

Your score is

The average score is 0%

0%

Restart quiz