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1. (slang, chiefly US) to finish off, to beat
2. (slang, chiefly US) to beg; to borrow money from

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And she really put the bee on Mr. Lloyd. He bought her everything she wanted, and was a faithful to her as a husband.

Langston Hughes. The Ways of White Folks: A Good Job Gone p.60 (1934)

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