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• put someone in her place

Verb

put someone in his place

1. (transitive, idiomatic) To remind someone of his or her position.
2. (idiomatic) To bring somebody down; to humble or rebuke.

   His quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.

   • 2014 Nov. 18, Daniel Taylor, "England and Wayne Rooney see off Scotland in their own back yard," The Guardian:

     The response, culminating in Rooney finishing off a slick exchange of incisive, pass-them-to-death football, quickly put Scotland back in their place.

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