put someone in their place (English, verb)
expansion: put someone in their place (third-person singular simple present puts someone in their place, present participle putting someone in their place, simple past and past participle put someone in their place)
Senses:
glosses: To remind someone of their position.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
glosses: To bring somebody down; to humble or rebuke.
tags: idiomatic
Forms:
form: puts someone in their place
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: putting someone in their place
tags: participle
present
form: put someone in their place
tags: participle
past
form: put someone in their place
tags: past