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Idioms: put up or shut up -- put your foot in it

Idiom	Meaning	Example
put up or shut up	pay for or be quiet, do instead of talk	If you brag about your cooking we'll ask you to put up or shut up.
put up the money	pay for, finance, front me	If I start a new business, will you put up the money?
put up with	tolerate, endure, not get frustrated	Alice puts up with a lot of complaining from Jackie.
put you at ease	cause you to relax, break the ice	An embarrassing moment can sometimes put you at ease.
put you away	defeat you, knock you out	If the score is tied, he must win two points to put you away.
put you in a bad mood	cause you to feel upset or unhappy	The violence in that movie put me in a bad mood. I dislike violence.
put you off your game	cause you to play poorly, cause you to make errors	Wearing a helmet will put me off my game. It will bother me.
put you through the mill	test your endurance or will, give you a hard time, run the gauntlet	On the first day, the workers will put you through the mill. They want to know if you are strong.
put your best foot forward	try to do your best work, present yourself well	If you put your best foot forward, the employer will be impressed.
put your foot in it	say or do something that causes an argument	He really put his foot in it when he said that doctors are underpaid.