put the arm on

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poo t stressed th ee ahrm on, awn]
- /pʊt stressed ði ɑrm ɒn, ɔn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [poo t stressed th ee ahrm on, awn]
- /pʊt stressed ði ɑrm ɒn, ɔn/

Definitions of put the arm on words

noun put the arm on the upper limb of the human body, especially the part extending from the shoulder to the wrist. 1
noun put the arm on the upper limb from the shoulder to the elbow. 1
noun put the arm on the forelimb of any vertebrate. 1
noun put the arm on some part of an organism like or likened to an arm. 1
noun put the arm on any armlike part or attachment, as the tone arm of a phonograph. 1
noun put the arm on a covering for the arm, especially a sleeve of a garment: the arm of a coat. 1

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Origin of put the arm on

First appearance:

before 900

One of the 4% oldest English words

before 900; Middle English; Old English earm; cognate with Gothic arms, Old Norse armr, Old Frisian erm, Dutch, Old Saxon, Old High German arm (German Arm) arm; Latin armus, Serbo-Croatian rȁme, rȁmo shoulder; akin to Sanskrit īrmá, Avestan arəma-, OPruss irmo arm; not akin to Latin arma arm2

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Parts of speech for Put the arm on

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Put the arm on

put the arm on popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

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Synonyms for put the arm on

verb put the arm on

arm-twist — to subject to arm-twisting: The unions arm-twisted the government into negotiating by threatening widespread strikes.
arm-twisting — persuasion
arrest — If the police arrest you, they take charge of you and take you to a police station, because they believe you may have committed a crime.
bill — A bill is a written statement of money that you owe for goods or services.
boned — having had the bones removed from it

All 36 Synonyms of put the arm on