put one in place

put one in one's place

to rebuke someone; to remind one of one's (lower) rank or station. The boss put me in my place for criticizing her. Then her boss put her in her place for being rude.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Barak (1)	BER-ək (English), BAR-ək (English)	Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Greek, Biblical Hebrew
RÚNi	-	Ancient Scandinavian
Khayriyya	-	Arabic
Onyekachukwu	-	Western African, Igbo
Shannon	SHAN-ən	English
Aqissiaq	-	Native American, Greenlandic