Definition
To consider it not possible for (someone) (to do something).
Origins
From put past with placeholder it.
In Context
- "I wouldn't put it past him to spread malicious gossip about you."
- "I wouldn't put it past her to steal from shops, but I would put it past her to steal from her own mother."
- "Since, as I mentioned, my arse is intact, I meditate first upon the pain in my balls. Jesus Harold Christ! I wonder if Monger's got some morphine kicking about. I wouldn't put it past him."