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"(transitive, idiomatic) To remind someone of their position."
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"ref": "December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine",
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"ref": "December 13 2021, Molly Ball, Jeffrey Kluger, Alejandro de la Garza, “Elon Musk: Person of the Year 2021”, in Time Magazine",
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"sense": "to remind someone of his position",
"word": "terechtwijzen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to remind someone of his position",
"word": "op zijn plaats zetten"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remind someone of his position",
"word": "in seine Schranken weisen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to remind someone of his position",
"word": "zurechtweisen"
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{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "de oren wassen"
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "op zijn plaats zetten"
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"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "terechtwijzen"
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "näyttää jollekin paikkansa"
},
{
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"lang": "French",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "remettre à sa place"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "runterputzen"
},
{
"code": "de",
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"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "vorführen"
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"code": "hu",
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"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "helyre tesz"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "rendreutasít"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "mettere al proprio posto"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "postávitʹ na mésto",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "поста́вить на ме́сто"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "poner a alguien en su lugar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "sätta någon på plats"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to humble or rebuke",
"word": "haddini bildirmek"
}
],
"word": "put someone in their place"
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