Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

put it past

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.18 in modern English

Syllables: put it -past
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To consider it not possible for (someone) (to do something).

verb

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, it, past.

Example Sentences

"I wouldn't put it past him to spread malicious gossip about you."
"I wouldn't put it past her to steal from shops, but I would put it past her to steal from her own mother."
"Since, as I mentioned, my arse is intact, I meditate first upon the pain in my balls. Jesus Harold Christ! I wonder if Monger's got some morphine kicking about. I wouldn't put it past him."
"He smashed the ball with his left foot and put it past the goalkeeper."

Etymology

From put past with placeholder it.

Inflected Forms

puts it past (present, singular) putting it past (participle, present)

Questions

What does put it past mean?: To consider it not possible for (someone) (to do something).
Where does put it past come from?: From put past with placeholder it.

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