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put over

vb. to state, or explain a concept in a clear, understandable manner.

WordNet
put over
  1. v. communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" [syn: get across]

  2. hold back to a later time; "let's postpone the exam" [syn: postpone, prorogue, hold over, table, shelve, set back, defer, remit, put off]

Usage examples of "put over".

The helm was put over hard, and in a moment they were moving, the Elizabeth following, ever in obedience to the signals from the Arabella, whilst Ogle the gunner, whom he had summoned, was receiving Blood's final instructions before plunging down to his station on the main deck.

His tone was a little gruffer than he might have used with a commander put over him by the King of Shienar, or the Lord of Fal Dara, yet there was something in it of readiness to do whatever Perrin suggested.

Don Miguel swore profanely, and then, as the helm was put over to swing her back to her course, his own prow replied.

I had no lock nor bolt but for the desk which held my papers, not even a nail to put over my latch or windows.

That meant that when they actually deployed them, they could still put over forty-two hundred missiles into space at once, with another three hundred eighty from the battlecruisers.