put to shame
1put 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:… …
2put to shame — ► put to shame shame (someone) by outdoing or surpassing them. Main Entry: ↑shame …
3put to shame — index brand (stigmatize), denigrate, humiliate, pillory, reproach, sully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton …
4put to shame — defeated very badly, feel ashamed of losing Our baseball team was put to shame by the Cubans: 11 0 …
5put 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 …
6put to shame — Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down …
7put to shame — {v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. * /Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of… …
8put to shame — {v. phr.} 1. To disgrace. * /The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame./ * /That filthy dump puts our town to shame./ 2. To do much better than surpass. * /Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of… …
9put\ to\ shame — v. phr. 1. To disgrace. The cleanliness of European cities puts our cities to shame. That filthy dump puts our town to shame. 2. To do much better than surpass. Einstein put other physicists to shame when he proved his theory of relativity… …
10put to shame — these new materials put our old plastics to shame Syn: outshine, outclass, eclipse, surpass, excel, outstrip, outdo, put in the shade, upstage; informal run rings around …
