Verb
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, it, to.
I will put it to you very candidly.
To put up for consideration.
put it to a vote
To overload with work or obligations.
You really put it to him, making him do all the heavy-lifting.
To blame on.
They did not have an easy scapegoat, so they put it to the leader.
To exploit an unfair advantage; to cheat; to swindle.
That mechanic put it to Sam.
Alternative form of stick it to
Source: en.wiktionary.orgWhen love grows diseased, the best thing we can do is to put it to a violent death. I cannot endure the torture of a lingering and consumptive passion. George Etherege
In short, individual freedom of speech leads to a stronger society. But knowing that principle is not enough. You have to know how to put it to use on the Net. Mike Godwin
Look it, let me put it to you this way: the NFL all too often looks like a game between the Bloods and the Crips without any weapons. There, I said it. Rush Limbaugh
Other people notice the same things but they don't think to put it to music. Ian Hunter
If I can give you any advice, it's this: every hour that you spend sat on the couch doing nothing, put it to good use, because when you have kids, an hour is like a lifetime. Noel Gallagher
I'm going to put it to you straight. Never mind about being chief engineer of a planet; these days even a farmer needs the best education he can get. Without it he's just a country bumpkin, a stumbling peasant, poking seeds into the ground and hoping a miracle will make them grow. Robert A. Heinlein