To put up the spout
| to pawn or pledge at a pawnbroker's; - in allusion to the spout up which the pawnbroker sent the ticketed articles. |
See also: Spout
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, published 1913 by G. & C. Merriam Co.
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- To put one's self upon the country
- To put out of court
- To put out of the way
- To put over
- To put stress upon
- To put the best foot foremost
- To put the cart before the horse
- To put the comether on
- To put the great seal into commission
- To put the hand unto
- To put the kibosh on
- To put the last hand to
- To put the screws on
- To put to flight
- To put to grass
- To put to nurse
- To put to one's trumps
- To put to rout
- To put to sea
- To put to shame
- To put to the blush
- To put to the rack
- To put to the sword
- To put under the screw
- To put up
- To put up the spout
- To put up to
- To put up with
- To quit cost
- To quit scores
- To rack one's brains
- To raise a blockade
- To raise a check
- To raise a siege
- To raise Cain
- To raise dust
- To raise steam
- To raise the horn
- To raise the wind
- To rake out
- To rake up
- To rap and ren
- To rap and rend
- To rape and ren
- To rate a chronometer
- To rattle off
- To reach after
- To read between the lines
- To read one's self in
- To reckon for
- To reckon on
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- To put one's self upon the country
- to put one's shoulder to the wheel
- To put out of court
- To put out of the way
- To put over
- to put someone in the picture
- To put stress upon
- To put the best foot foremost
- To put the cart before the horse
- To put the comether on
- to put the final nail in one's coffin
- To put the great seal into commission
- To put the hand unto
- To put the kibosh on
- To put the last hand to
- To put the screws on
- To put to flight
- To put to grass
- To put to nurse
- To put to one's trumps
- To put to rout
- To put to sea
- To put to shame
- To put to the blush
- To put to the rack
- To put to the sword
- to put too fine a point on it
- to put two and two together
- To put under the screw
- To put up
- To put up the spout
- To put up to
- To put up with
- to put words into someone's mouth
- to put/set one's shoulder to the wheel
- to put/throw one's hat in the ring
- to quake/shake like a leaf
- To quarter
- To quit cost
- To quit scores
- to rack one's brain
- To rack one's brains
- To rack one's brains
- to rain on someone's parade
- To raise a blockade
- To raise a check
- To raise a siege
- To raise Cain
- To raise Cain
- To raise dust
- to raise one's hackles
- To raise steam
- to raise the ante
- To raise the horn
- to raise the roof
- To raise the wind
- To rake out
- To rake up
- to rally 'round the flag
- to rally round the flag
- to rant and rave
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