put over

1. 1.

   communicate successfully

   “I couldn't get across the message”

   “He put over the idea very well”

   Synonymsget across

   Broadercommunicate
2. 2.

   hold back to a later time

   “let's postpone the exam”

   Synonymspostponeproroguehold overtableshelveset backdeferremitput off

   Broaderdelay

   Narrowercallholdsuspendprobatereprieve

Questions about put over

What does put over mean?

put over means "communicate successfully". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for put over?

Close synonyms include get across, postpone, prorogue, hold over, table. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is put over a common word?

put over is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.