put the battery on

to hype somebody up by talking to them to do something for you

Im going to have to put the battery on my little sister to get my mother to buy the tickets to Disney World.

by pinkrican June 15, 2007

Putting on batteries

Getting ones things together in order to acomplish a daunting task or demand.

Harry needs to be putting on batteries if he plans on having that report done by the deadline.

by Sergio G. January 2, 2008