put someone on
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Botros says Hutton wanted the law firm to carry out the investigation and invited the ECB to put someone on the panel.
From The Guardian • Nov. 16, 2021
“That they dare to put someone on a show trial, it just infuriates me.”
From Washington Post • Jun. 2, 2015
It is so typical of the media; you put someone on a grand pedestal and then gleefully rip them to shreds when they screw up.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2014
His manner of travel was to put someone on the back foot, to ask questions like “Why do you do this?” and demand answers.
From Salon • Jun. 25, 2012
“How could we make room between the cots unless you mean to put someone on the floor?” and she howled at the idea.
From The Girl Scouts at Camp Comalong Peg of Tamarack Hills by Garis, Lillian
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