"put in the shade" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts in the shade [present, singular, third-person], putting in the shade [participle, present], put in the shade [participle, past], put in the shade [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> in the shade}} put in the shade (third-person singular simple present puts in the shade, present participle putting in the shade, simple past and past participle put in the shade)
  1. (informal, transitive, figuratively) To outshine, to eclipse, to overshadow, to be better than. Tags: figuratively, informal, transitive Related terms: throw shade Translations (Translations): jättää varjoonsa (Finnish), porter ombrage (French), faire de l’ombre (French)
    Sense id: en-put_in_the_shade-en-verb-Sf30Ree~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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