put (one) into power
put (one) into power
To give someone some degree of political power, as through election or appointment. I don't know how people could have put such a brutal tyrant into power. Everyone knows the government has been putting puppets into power around the world to further its own interests.
See also: power, put
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
put someone into power
and put someone into elect or appoint someone to office or a position of power. The board decided to put an unknown from another company into the presidency. They put in a complete unknown.
See also: power, put
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
- put (one) in power
- put into power
- in power
- come into power
- get into power
- be in power
- people power
- power
- power up
- fall from power