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Put Place Offence Irritation Speaking Behaving Inappropriate Manner

Phrase/Idiom put someone in their place
Definition If someone causes offence or irritation by speaking or behaving in an inappropriate manner, you put them in their place by letting them know that they are not as important as they seem to believe.
Example He needs to be put in his place!

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