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put someone in their place
idiom
C2
to tell or show someone that they are less important than they thought: 使（某人）明白自己的位置;使（某人）有自知之明
When he tried to take charge, she soon put him in his place.当他试图发号施令时，她很快让他明白说了算的不是他。
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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admonishing
admonishingly
admonitory
barracking
bawl
carpet
earbashing
keelhaul
lambaste
lecture
pull someone up
punchbag
punching bag
rap someone over the knucklesidiom
read (someone) the riot actidiom
reproachful
shame
spoken
tear
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put someone in his/her place | American Dictionary
put someone in his/her place
idiom
to let someone know that the person is less important than he or she thinks:
When he tried to take charge, she immediately put him in his place.
put yourself in someone’s place
idiom(alsoput yourself in someone’s position/shoes)
to imagine that you are someone in a difficult situation, and imagine how that person feels:
Put yourself in my place – I was scared, and I had nobody to talk to.
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