| 单词 | put someone in his (or her) place |
| 释义 | put someone in his (or her) placeDeflate or humiliate someone regarded as being presumptuous.He figures in a walk-on role in the drama of the Nathadwara artists, one of whom he appears to have crushed by decisively putting him in his place....
Synonyms humiliate, take down a peg or two, deflate, crush, squelch, squash, humble, mortify, make someone eat humble pie, take the wind out of someone's sails informal cut down to size, settle someone's hash North American informal make someone eat crow See parent entry: place |
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