put it to

Thoroughly trounced someone

Put it to someone means to present something for their consideration or response.

You put a question to a panel, put a proposal to the board, or put a theory to the test.

Let me put it to you this way introduces a reframing.

I put it to you that you're lying is the confrontational form favored in courtroom dramas.

In informal use, to put it to someone can mean to have vigorous sex with them.

propose

suggest

Offer an idea indirectly

advance · recommend · table · motion · broach · float · pitch · introduce · advocate · propose

question

ask

Seek an answer

press · grill · probe · quiz · cross-examine · challenge · demand · confront · call to account · pose

challenge

test

Evaluative examination

  • trialJudicial examination of claims
  • proveEstablish as fact
  • strainExcessive stretching force

push · stretch · examine · verify · measure · assess · evaluate · question · pressure · stress

use

apply

Put into operation

deploy · engage · exercise · exploit · leverage · work · operate · implement · activate · channel

Opposites
proposal/suggestion

put it towithdraw

Remove or pull away

withhold · keep to oneself · keep from · hold back · retract

direct confrontation/challenge

put it toavoid

Stay away from

evade · dodge · skirt the issue · beat around the bush · tiptoe around

SEXUAL CONQUEST (vulgar slang)

put it torefuse

Reject or garbage

reject · turn down · abstain · rebuff · say no

Family

put, puts, putting, putter, input, output, throughput

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