| 单词 | put someone in their place |
| 释义 | (idiom) She put him in his place with just a few words. Synonyms humble the little car company that humbled the industry giants humiliate His teacher continually humiliates him in maths lessons. deflate Her comments deflated him a bit. crush Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. mortify His dancing always mortified his friends. take the wind out of someone's sails cut someone down to size (informal) It's high time someone cut that arrogant little creep down to size. take someone down a peg (informal) make someone eat humble pie bring someone down to size (informal) make someone swallow their pride settle someone's hash (informal) Additional synonymsin the sense of crush Definition to defeat or humiliate utterly Listen to criticism but don't be crushed by it. Synonyms demoralize, depress, devastate, discourage, humble, put down (slang), humiliate, squash, flatten (informal), deflate, mortify, psych out (informal), dishearten, dispirit, deject, chagrin, browbeatin the sense of cut someone down to size It's high time someone cut that arrogant little creep down to size. Synonyms make (someone) look small, humble, humiliate, bring (someone) low, take (someone) down a peg (informal), abash, crush, put (someone) in their place, take the wind out of (someone's) sails in the sense of deflate Definition to take away the self-esteem or conceit from Her comments deflated him a bit. Synonyms humiliate, humble, squash, put down (slang), disconcert, chasten, mortify, dispirit, take the wind out of (someone's) sails Nearby words of |
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