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PRONUNCIATION OF PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE

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WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE

put one´s house in order
put one´s money where one´s mouth is
put one´s oar in
put one´s shirt on
put one´s shoulder to the wheel
put option
put out
put out to grass
put over
put paid to
put someone on
put someone through his paces
put someone´s back up
put someone´s nose out of joint
put something on the long finger
put that in your pipe and smoke it
put the bite on someone
put the boot in
put the cart before the horse
put the cat among the pigeons

WORDS THAT END LIKE PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE

all over the place
another place
between a rock and a hard place
birthplace
commonplace
displace
fireplace
holy place
lace
Laplace
last resting place
marketplace
meeting place
mise en place
no place
place
pride of place
replace
someplace
take place
workplace

Synonyms and antonyms of put someone in his place in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «put someone in his place» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE

Find out the translation of put someone in his place to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of put someone in his place from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «put someone in his place» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

让某人在他的地方
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poner a alguien en su lugar
570 millions of speakers

English

put someone in his place
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उसके स्थान पर किसी को रखा
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

وضع شخص في مكانه
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

поставить кого на его место
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

colocar alguém em seu lugar
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কেউ তার জায়গায় রাখুন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre quelqu´un à sa place
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Meletakkan seseorang di tempatnya
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

legte jemand an seiner Stelle
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

彼の代わりに追い込む
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

그의 장소 에 사람을 넣어
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Sijine wong ing panggonan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

đặt một người nào đó trong vị trí của mình
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அவரது இடத்தில் யாரோ வைக்கவும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

कोणीतरी त्याच्या जागी ठेवतो
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yerine birini koymak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

mettere qualcuno al suo posto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

umieścić kogoś na jego miejsce
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

поставити кого на його місце
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune pe cineva în locul lui
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

βάλει κάποιος στη θέση του
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

het iemand in sy plek
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

sätta någon i hans ställe
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

sette noen i hans sted
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of put someone in his place

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE»

The term «put someone in his place» is used very little and occupies the 176.326 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about put someone in his place

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE»

Discover the use of put someone in his place in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to put someone in his place and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Chambers Universal Learners' Dictionary
See also put (someone) in his place below. 7 nc a passage in a book, esp the passage one is reading or has just read: There's something about nationalism in this book, but I can't find the place; The wind was blowing the pages of my book ...
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Al Majaz:
.eliidJ 5Ui" Ljj lS^,i jTi He put all progressive philosophies away. .i^oxji oU..JLi.li JP j£ put someone in a bad mood U ^^wti £<y j£* tjO& Just seeing him puts me in a bad mood. •(/"V j^*" s — *** **jj put someone in his place ijyuoJl **J?y J **Jai ...
Wahab Alansari, 2005
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The Wordsworth Dictionary of Idioms
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz. pride of place see pride. put ( someone) in his place to remind (someone), often in a rude or angry way, of his lower social position, or lack of importance, experience etc. He tried to tell her what to ...
Elizabeth McLaren Kirkpatrick, C. M. Schwarz, 1993
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Chambers Idioms
pride of place see pride. put (someone) in his place to remind (someone), often in a rude or angry way, of his lower social position, or lack of importance, experience etc: He tried to tell her what to do, but she soon put him in his place. put ...
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Idiomatic Expressions with English Grammar' 99 Ed.
... TO SILENCE — PUT SOMEBODY WISE TO — PUT SOMEBODYS BACKUP — PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE — PUT SOMEONE ON — PUT SOMEONE THROUGH HIS PACE — PUT SOMETHING IN PERSPECTIVE — PUT SOMETHING ...
Cruz, Et Al
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Idioms
Put oneself in somebodyis place: imagine yourself in another's situation or position Put yourself in her place and see what hardships she has to go through with her husband. Put someone in his place: cut someone down to size, humiliate  ...
David Copper, 2005
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Nicolas Winding Refn and the Violence of Art: A Critical ...
Slang names for beating someone indicate precisely this: “to teach someone a lesson”; “to put the fear ofGod in someone”; “to put someone in his place”; “to do what his Daddy should have done long ago.” Again, these are symbolic, not ...
Justin Vicari, 2014
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Corporate Fools
And, he isn't the man who should be talking to the press and the brokerage firms in the future.” “I guess I agree with you. He's been a long time personal friend and Ijust couldn't put someone in his place even when I knew he was a light weight.
Joseph L. Piot, 2007
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Mandarin Chinese Dictionary: English-Chinese
... bu-ahi-di- fang(r) fc g_ No % ( fc ). (2) (inappropriate) bu-shi-yang- •* ^ 4 * f - PUT someone IN HIS PLACE rang . . . .-ningbai . . . ehi-shei А- *Й &••• Д.А- That will put him in hie place. Nèiyangr-yilai, jiu-kéyi-ràng- ta-míngbai ta-shi-shéi-le.
Fred Fangyu Wang, 1971
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Speed Up Your Spanish: Strategies to Avoid Common Errors
(When Igo to the movies I always sitfar from the screen) poner a alguien en su lugar ð to put someone in his place Se ha portado mal. Necesito ponerlo en su lugar. (He has behavedbadly. I need to put him in his place) ponerse (un prenda de ...
Javier Muñoz-Basols, Marianne David, Olga Núñez Piñeiro, 2009

3 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PUT SOMEONE IN HIS PLACE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term put someone in his place is used in the context of the following news items.
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TV, addiction fodder for Armstrong's humor
The addiction cycle and his subsequent incarceration obviously took a toll on him, but ... for when enough is enough and he has to put someone in his place. «South Bend Tribune, Dec 14»
2
Fathers beware: Don't try to son your son
It means, more or less, to put someone in his place so completely that he becomes a figurative child to your metaphorical parent. Bloggers use the word all the ... «Chicago Tribune, Dec 14»
3
Are Cain allegations ugly politics?
And the public humiliation that Thomas suffered remains a prime example of the liberal establishment trying to put someone in his place. Now, in an outrageous ... «CNN, Nov 11»

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