"put a slight upon" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: puts a slight upon [present, singular, third-person], putting a slight upon [participle, present], put a slight upon [participle, past], put a slight upon [past], put a slight on [alternative]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,put>}} put a slight upon (third-person singular simple present puts a slight upon, present participle putting a slight upon, simple past and past participle put a slight upon)
  1. (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To insult, disrespect, or belittle someone or something. Tags: idiomatic, informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_a_slight_upon-en-verb-H4iPPvFS Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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