Put On

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According to definition 6 under "put on" in this dictionary , to put somebody on something should mean that somebody eat certain food or take certain medications.

But then I found this:

http://books.google.com/books?id=HQjOHkTTxksC&pg=PA58&dq=%22put+on+half-salary%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=09JRUbeeNsegiALb5IHgDw&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22put%20on%20half-salary%22&f=false:
"Fanny was told the company would be put on half salary during Christmas week."

Could that this be wrong?

Fivejedjon · Accepted Answer

Welcome to the forum.

You have singled out definition 6, which obviously does not fit, but the other six don't fit, either; #3 comes close.

'Put on' is not really a phrasal verb here. When we work, we are normally on full pay/salary (definition 19c http://www.macmillandictionary.com/dictionary/american/on). The workers in *****'s company will be on half salary; they will be put on / placed on / moved to half salary.

RandomGuy · Answer

fivejedjonWelcome to the forum

for the 500th time.

This user gets banned just about every day (and makes new accounts every day) for making duplicate posts and completely ignoring warnings from moderators. This has been going on for months now.

Fivejedjon · Answer

Yup. I didn't spot her this time. <img class='emoticon' style='Width:19px;Height:19px;' data-delaysrc='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' src='https://uat-englishforward-forums-backend.s3.us-west-2.amazonaws.com/Emoticons/10.gif' alt='Emotion: embarrassed'/>

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