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    if you put on weight, you become fatter

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    Gaining and losing weight: fat camp, fatten up, fill out, lose, plump out, put on, slim down, stay off, sweat off, trim down... more
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    to pass the telephone to someone so they can speak to the person you have been talking to

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    Using a telephone: answer, busy, busy signal, call, call back, call in, call up, caller, cut off, dial... more
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    to start cooking something

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    Cook food or be cooked: bake, barbecue, baste, boil, boil down, braise, broil, brown, burn, charbroil... more
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    to organize an event, show, performance, etc.

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    To organize an event: organize, prepare, plan, arrange, set up, stage, orchestrate, choreograph, hold, convene... more
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    to provide a bus, train, etc. for people to use

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    Booking on and travelling by transport: aboard, afloat, aisle seat, arr., board, book on, bookable, booking, booking office, bus... more
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    informal to try to make someone believe something that is not true

    *American English synonyms or related words for this sense of put on*

    To tell lies and deceive people: misspeak, deceive, make up, invent, lie, concoct, fabricate, manufacture, mislead, bend the truth... more

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