put the beggar on the gentleman (English, verb)
expansion: put the beggar on the gentleman (third-person singular simple present puts the beggar on the gentleman, present participle putting the beggar on the gentleman, simple past and past participle put the beggar on the gentleman)
Senses:
glosses: To follow up something good with something inferior.
tags: UK
idiomatic
obsolete
slang
Forms:
form: puts the beggar on the gentleman
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting the beggar on the gentleman
tags: participle
present
form: put the beggar on the gentleman
tags: participle
past
form: put the beggar on the gentleman
tags: past