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put on weight

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put on weight (third-person singular simple present puts on weight, present participle putting on weight, simple past and past participle put on weight)

To experience a weight gain, to increase in weight.

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After the time jump in the film, Thor put on weight turning to video games and alcohol, and the directors revealed a deleted scene with him. Source: Internet

All I’d been worried about that night was whether he’d noticed that I had put on weight. Source: Internet

Among the indignities of aging is a creeping tendency to put on weight, as our resting metabolism slows down—by roughly 1 to 2 percent every decade. Source: Internet

It also provides advice on physical activity. citation One of the most important things to take into consideration when either trying to lose or put on weight is output versus input. Source: Internet

And do not make yourselves comfortable in your armchairs, this makes us put on weight and is bad for our cholesterol! Source: Internet

If you take in less fuel then you are burning, regardless of the drugs you may ingest, how could you possibly put on weight? Source: Internet

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