put sb on the spot
C2 If you put someone on the spot, you cause them embarrassment or difficulty by forcing them at that moment to answer a difficult question or make an important decision:
Mira rather put the boss on the spot by asking him when he was going to give us a pay rise.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Embarrassing
- awkward
- cringe
- cringe-making
- cringey
- curl
- curl up and die idiom
- embarrass
- embarrassing
- information
- painful
- show
- show sb up
- spare
- spare sb's blushes idiom
- spot
- toe-curling
- too much information idiom