Put on
Put on verb - To place on one's person.
Usage example: I put on a coat and shoes to go outside
Slip
Slip verb - To decline gradually from a standard level.
Both terms in one sentence
- Bluegrass folklore guitarist John Fahey used to record on shellac, put on a chewed-looking label attributing the music to "Blind Joe Death", and slip it into the bins of local record shops.
Source: Retraux / Music - It was later revealed that the slip-up was put on YouTube, making ND the Butt Monkey of show choir and a national laughing stock.
- Combining it with the aforementioned Dash Slash and perhaps the Slip Bomb as well allows you to really put on the pressure.
Source: Game Breaker / Super Smash Bros.
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