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Phrase(s): paste something on someone
1. Lit. to affix something to someone with paste or glue. • We had to paste a mustache on her for the last scene of the play. • They pasted beards on themselves too. 2. Sl. to charge someone with a crime. • You can’t paste that charge on me! Max did it! • The cops pasted a robbery charge on Lefty "Fingers" Moran. 3. Sl. to land a blow on someone. (See also paste someone one.) • If you do that again, I’ll paste one on you. • Max pasted a nasty blow on Lefty’s chin.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs