put someone in their place - Wiktionary
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(transitive, idiomatic) To remind someone of their position. (idiomatic) To bring somebody down; to humble or rebuke. quotations ▽. His quips at ... putsomeoneintheirplace DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch Contents 1English 1.1Pronunciation 1.2Verb 1.2.1Translations 1.2.2Seealso 1.2.3Furtherreading English[edit] Pronunciation[edit] Audio(AU)(file) Verb[edit] putsomeoneintheirplace(third-personsingularsimplepresentputssomeoneintheirplace,presentparticipleputtingsomeoneintheirplace,simplepastandpastparticipleputsomeoneintheirplace) (transitive,idiomatic)Toremindsomeoneoftheirposition. (idiomatic)Tobringsomebodydown;tohumbleorrebuke. HisquipsatthepartyaimedtoputtheCEOinhisplace. 2014November18,EnglandandWayneRooneyseeoffScotlandintheirownbackyard,“TheGuardian”,in(Pleaseprovidethebooktitleorjournalname):Theresponse,culminatinginRooneyfinishingoffaslickexchangeofincisive,pass-them-to-deathfootball,quicklyputScotlandbackintheirplace. December132021,MollyBall,JeffreyKlugerandAlejandrodelaGarza,“ElonMusk:PersonoftheYear2021”,inTimeMagazine[1]:Muskhasspentalifetimedefyingthehaters;now,itseems,he’sfinallyinpositiontoputthemintheirplace. Translations[edit] toremindsomeoneofhisposition German:inseineSchrankenweisen,zurechtweisen (de) tohumbleorrebuke Finnish:näyttääjollekinpaikkansa French:remettreàsaplace (fr) German:runterputzen,vorführen (de) Italian:metterealproprioposto Russian:поста́витьнаме́сто (ru)(postávitʹnamésto) Spanish:poneraalguienensulugar Swedish:sättanågonpåplats Seealso[edit] cutdowntosize pulldownapeg softensomeone'scough Furtherreading[edit] “putsbintheirplace”intheCambridgeEnglishDictionary,Cambridge:CambridgeUniversityPress. “putsomeoneintheirplace”,inMerriam–WebsterOnlineDictionary “putsomebodyintheirplace”inLongmanDictionaryofContemporaryEnglish,Longman. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=put_someone_in_their_place&oldid=66633179" Categories:EnglishtermswithaudiolinksEnglishlemmasEnglishverbsEnglishmultiwordtermsEnglishtransitiveverbsEnglishidiomsEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishtermswithquotationsEnglishlightverbconstructionsEnglishpredicatesHiddencategories:EnglishtermswithredundantheadparameterTemplatewithrawlink/en-verbTemplatewithrawlink/en-verb/1RussianredlinksRussianredlinks/t+SpanishredlinksSpanishredlinks/t Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages
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- 1put somebody in their place - Longman Dictionary
put somebody in their place meaning, definition, what is put somebody in their place: to show som...
- 2Synonyms of 'put someone in their place' in British English
Another word for put someone in their place: to cause to become humble | Collins English Thesaurus.
- 3Put someone in their place - Idioms by The Free Dictionary
COMMON If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever th...
- 4put sb in their place中文(繁體)翻譯：劍橋詞典
put sb in their place. C2. to tell or show someone that they are less important than they thought...
- 5Definition of put someone in his/her place - Merriam-Webster
