put the dead wood on (English, verb)
expansion: put the dead wood on (third-person singular simple present puts the dead wood on, present participle putting the dead wood on, simple past and past participle put the dead wood on)
Senses:
glosses: To gain a great advantage over (someone).
tags: US
dated
slang
transitive
Forms:
form: puts the dead wood on
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting the dead wood on
tags: participle
present
form: put the dead wood on
tags: participle
past
form: put the dead wood on
tags: past