"put the dead wood on" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts the dead wood on [present, singular, third-person], putting the dead wood on [participle, present], put the dead wood on [participle, past], put the dead wood on [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> the dead wood on}} put the dead wood on (third-person singular simple present puts the dead wood on, present participle putting the dead wood on, simple past and past participle put the dead wood on)
  1. (US, dated, slang, transitive) To gain a great advantage over (someone). Tags: US, dated, slang, transitive
    Sense id: en-put_the_dead_wood_on-en-verb-QWVEXGig Categories (other): American English, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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