put someone in her place

put someone in her place
put someone in his (or her) place deflate or humiliate someone regarded as being arrogant.
Main Entry: place

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  • put someone in his place — ► put someone in his (or her) place deflate or humiliate someone regarded as being arrogant. Main Entry: ↑place …   English terms dictionary

  • put someone in his place — put someone in his (or her) place deflate or humiliate someone regarded as being presumptuous …   Useful english dictionary

  • put someone in their place — Marsha s father in law finally spoke up and put that hateful woman in her place Syn: humiliate, take down a peg or two, deflate, crush, squash, humble; informal cut down to size, settle someone s hash, make someone eat crow …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • put someone in his/her place — ◇ Someone who puts you in your place shows you that you are not better than other people and should not be acting in such a confident and proud way. He told her to stop talking, but she quickly put him in his place. • • • Main Entry: ↑place …   Useful english dictionary

  • place — ► NOUN 1) a particular position or location. 2) a portion of space occupied by or set aside for someone or something. 3) a vacancy or available position. 4) a position in a sequence or hierarchy. 5) the position of a figure in a series indicated… …   English terms dictionary

  • place — [[t]ple͟ɪs[/t]] ♦ places, placing, placed 1) N COUNT: usu with supp A place is any point, building, area, town, or country. ...Temple Mount, the place where the Temple actually stood. ...a list of museums and places of interest... We re going to… …   English dictionary

  • place — 1. noun 1) an ideal place for dinner Syn: location, site, spot, setting, position, situation, area, region, locale; venue; technical locus 2) foreign places Syn: country …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • put — [ put ] (past tense and past participle put) verb transitive *** ▸ 1 move something to position ▸ 2 cause to be in situation ▸ 3 write/print something ▸ 4 make someone go to place ▸ 5 give position on list ▸ 6 build/place somewhere ▸ 7 express in …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • put — [poot] vt. put, putting [ME putten < or akin to OE potian, to push: mod. senses prob. < Scand, as in Dan putte, Swed dial. putta, to put away, push, akin to OE pyttan, to sting, goad] 1. a) to drive or send by a blow, shot, or thrust [to… …   English World dictionary

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