COMMON If you put someone in their place, you show them that they are less important or clever than they think they are. In a few words she had put him in his ...
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putsomeoneintheirplace
put(one)in(one's)placeTohumbleorlowerthedignityofone;tomakeoneawarethattheyarenotasimportant,respected,influential,etc.,astheythink.TheteacherreallyputJohninhisplace,scoldinghimsoharshlythatheburstintotears.IhopethisguiltyverdictputsthatratofaCEOinhisplace.Seealso:place,putFarlexDictionaryofIdioms.©2022Farlex,Inc,allrightsreserved.putsomeoneintheirplaceCOMMONIfyouputsomeoneintheirplace,youshowthemthattheyarelessimportantorcleverthantheythinktheyare.Inafewwordsshehadputhiminhisplace.Hehadputmeinmyplace—shamedme,actually.Seealso:place,put,someoneCollinsCOBUILDIdiomsDictionary,3rded.©HarperCollinsPublishers2012Seealso:drive(one)outofofficeforce(one)outofofficeforceoutofofficegive(one)(one's)headcookingforone(something)paysforitselfasonedoorcloses,another(one)opensasonedoorcloses,anotheroneopensasonedoorcloses,anotheropensbeat(one)
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