Put+a+head+on
91Head (watercraft) — The head (or heads) is a ship s water closet or toilet.The term derives from sailing ships in which the toilet area for the regular sailors was placed at the head or bow of the ship. In sailing ships this position was sensible for two reasons:… …
92Head Above Water — Infobox Film name = Head Above Water caption = director = Jim Wilson writer = Eirik Ildahl Geir Eriksen Theresa Marie starring = Cameron Diaz Harvey Keitel Craig Sheffer Billy Zane producer = Guy East distributor = New Line Cinema released = 1996 …
93put\ ideas\ into\ one's\ head — v. phr. To persuade someone to do something negative; put one up to something. Billy would never have poured glue into his father s shoes if the neighbor s son hadn t been putting ideas into his head …
94put a gun to (someone's) head — hold/put a gun to (someone s) head to use threats to force someone to do what you want. Management are holding a gun to our heads. If we don t behave we ll lose our jobs …
95put a gun to someone's head — hold/put/a gun to someone’s head informal phrase to blackmail someone (=force them to do something by threatening to do something bad to them) Thesaurus: to nag or force someone to do somethingsynonym …
96put a gun to somebody's head — hold/put a gun to sb s ˈhead idiom to force sb to do sth that they do not want to do, by making threats Main entry: ↑gunidiom …
97put someone up — 1) we can put him up for a few days Syn: accommodate, house, take in, give someone a roof over their head 2) they put up a candidate Syn: nominate, propose, put forward, recommend …
98head — 1) the source or beginning of a stream 2) the beginning of a pool just below rapids 3) a body of water kept at a height to supply a mill or other water powered facility 4) everything on a fish anterior to the posterior border of the …
99put down to — (from Idioms in Speech) to say that something is the cause of; to attribute James gave him a sharp look, but the architect appeared unconscious, and he put the answer down to mishearing. (J. Galsworthy) When lunch time came and he realized with a …
100put the screws on — informal you don t pay up and my pal Bruno here will put the screws on you, see? Syn: pressure, put pressure on, coerce, browbeat, use strong arm tactics on, strong arm; hold a gun to someone s head; informal turn the heat on, lean on, bulldoze …
