Use "put him on" in a sentence

1. So it completely put him on the defensive, this poor British aide, and he had to sort of go back and sort of figure out what to do so that they could address him in some way that he would actually read the letter.

그래서 이 편지가 다시 되돌아 간 거죠. 워싱턴은 자신에게 편지를 쓸 때 호칭을 어떻게 써야 하는지를 가르쳐 주었어요