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 to shame — ► put to shame shame (someone) by outdoing or surpassing them. Main Entry: ↑shame … English terms dictionary
put to shame — index brand (stigmatize), denigrate, humiliate, pillory, reproach, sully Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton … Law dictionary
put to shame — defeated very badly, feel ashamed of losing Our baseball team was put to shame by the Cubans: 11 0 … English idioms
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
put to shame — Shame, abash, mortify, make ashamed, put to the blush, put out of countenance, put down … New dictionary of synonyms
put 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
put 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… … Dictionary of American idioms
put 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 … Thesaurus of popular words
put to shame — idi a) to cause to suffer shame or disgrace b) to outdo; surpass … From formal English to slang