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put-on

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by A. Makkai, M.T. Boatner, J.E. Gates

[put-on] {n.}

An act of teasing; the playing of a practical joke on someone.

* /Eric didn't realize that it was a put-on when his friends phoned him that he won the lottery./

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	friends ¹²⁰ {n.} ⁹¹²

Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms

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