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Meaning of put someone in their place | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

Noun. [C2]

Equivalents

Deutsch in seine Schranken weisen runterputzen vorführen
Español cuadrar poner a alguien en su lugar
Français remettre à sa place
Italiano mettere al proprio posto
Nederlands de oren wassen op zijn plaats zetten terechtwijzen
Polski poskramiać poskromić
Русский поста́вить на ме́сто
Svenska sätta någon på plats
Türkçe haddini bildirmek

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.

See also

put someone out of their misery put someone through their paces put someone under put something into perspective put stock in put that in your pipe and smoke it

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