"put the bee on" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-put the bee on.ogg [Australia] Forms: puts the bee on [present, singular, third-person], putting the bee on [participle, present], put the bee on [participle, past], put the bee on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the bee on}} put the bee on (third-person singular simple present puts the bee on, present participle putting the bee on, simple past and past participle put the bee on)
  1. (slang, transitive, chiefly US) To finish off; to beat. Tags: US, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_bee_on-en-verb-pkUDNoef Categories (other): American English
  2. (slang, transitive, chiefly US) To beg from; to borrow money from. Tags: US, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_bee_on-en-verb-LUzniTSa Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 42 58 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 33 67 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 33 67

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