to+put+sb+to+shame

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• put something to shame — put someone/something/to shame phrase to make someone or something seem bad or less impressive by comparison They’re so efficient they put us to shame. Thesaurus: to make someone feel ashamed or embarrassedsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone to shame — put someone/something/to shame phrase to make someone or something seem bad or less impressive by comparison They’re so efficient they put us to shame. Thesaurus: to make someone feel ashamed or embarrassedsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

• put somebody to shame — put sb/sth to ˈshame idiom to be much better than sb/sth • Their presentation put ours to shame. • Her energy and enthusiasm puts the rest of us to shame (= makes us feel embarrassed and guilty that we are not the same). Main entry: ↑shame …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone to shame — put (someone) to shame to cause someone to be embarrassed. I thought I was in pretty good shape for hiking, but Astrid, who is in her 70s, put me to shame …   New idioms dictionary

• put someone to shame — shame someone by outdoing or surpassing them. → shame …   English new terms dictionary

• put him to shame — embarrassed him, shamed him …   English contemporary dictionary

• put to shame — To disgrace, esp by excelling • • • Main Entry: ↑shame * * * put (someone or something) to shame : to be much better than (someone or something) Her art project put mine to shame. [=her art project was much better than mine] • • • Main Entry:… …   Useful english dictionary

• put someone or something to shame — put (someone or something) to shame : to be much better than (someone or something) Her art project put mine to shame. [=her art project was much better than mine] • • • Main Entry: ↑shame …   Useful english dictionary

• put to shame — put (someone) to shame to cause someone to be embarrassed. I thought I was in pretty good shape for hiking, but Astrid, who is in her 70s, put me to shame …   New idioms dictionary

• shame — I n. 1) to bring shame on, to, upon 2) to feel shame at (they felt shame at accepting bribes) 3) (colloq.) an awful, crying, dirty shame 4) a shame to + inf. (it s a shame to waste so much time = it s a shame wasting so much time) 5) a shame that …   Combinatory dictionary

• shame — shame1 [ ʃeım ] noun ** 1. ) uncount a guilty and embarrassed feeling you have when you or someone else has behaved badly: He speaks about it openly and without shame. bow/hang your head in shame (=hold your head down and look away from people… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English