put past

croire capable de

Généralement dans une tournure négative : penser que quelqu’un pourrait faire quelque chose de mauvais ou de surprenant.

En anglais simple : Usually with a negative: to believe someone might do something, especially something bad or surprising.

• I wouldn’t put it past him to lie.
• Would you put it past her to cheat?
• We didn’t put anything past that dishonest salesman.

Comment l'utiliser : not put it past someone to do something (I wouldn’t put it past her to read my messages.)

Expressions courantes : put something past, put past someone

faire passer au-delà de

Déplacer quelque chose pour lui faire dépasser une personne ou une autre chose.

En anglais simple : To move something beyond a person or thing.

• She put the ball past the keeper.
• The striker put another shot past the goalkeeper.
• Can you put the ball past that defender?

Comment l'utiliser : put something past someone/something (He put the ball past the goalkeeper.)

Synonymes : send past

Expressions courantes : put something past, put past someone

tromper, faire avaler

Faire accepter quelque chose de faux à quelqu’un sans qu’il remarque la tromperie.

En anglais simple : To get someone to accept something false without noticing the trick.

• You can’t put that excuse past Mum.
• He put a false story past the editor.
• Did they really put that trick past the guards?

Comment l'utiliser : put something past someone (You won’t put that fake receipt past the accountant.)

Synonymes : fool, deceive, trick

Expressions courantes : put something past, put past someone