American & Australian

to be very happy and excited about the things around you, and often to react to them in a way which is silly and not controlled.

You should have seen him when they arrived. He was like a kid in a candy store.

• put on the dog
• put on the line
• put on the map
• put on the right track
• put on the shelf
• put on the spot
• put out feelers
• put out of action
• put out of mind
• put out of misery
• put out of their misery
• put out of your mind
• put out to pasture
• put over knee
• put over the top
• put over your knee
• put own house in order
• put paid to
• put paid to something
• put pen to paper
• put pressure on
• put pressure on someone
• put pressure on something
• put right
• put shirt on