Meaning of put to the blush | Babel Free

Definitions

To cause to blush with shame; to put to shame.

transitive

Examples

“I am glad he is gon, a put⟳ me to the blush When a did aske me of ritch Somerfields death.”

“I remember⟳ I was once put⟳ very much to the Blush, being at a Friend’s House, and by him requir’d to salute the Ladies, I kiss’d the Chamber-Jade in to the bargain, for she was as well dress’d as the best.”

“The tempting prospect of putting to the blush people who stand⟳ at the head of affairs—that supreme and piquant enjoyment of those who writhe under the heel of the same—had alone animated them, so far as he could see⟳;”

“His politeness to Blanquette would have⟳ put⟳ to the blush any young man at the Bon Marché or the Louvre.”

“Like⟳ some misborn, deformed, and monstrous kid Who puts his family to the blush, Whose presence in a cellar must be hid And his existence in a hush!”

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