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Put to shame

verb

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  1. 1
    To humiliate; to disgrace. transitive

    "Any other man in my place would have gone to his house and shot him down like a dog. I wanted to do it, and was minded to do it, but a better thought came to me: to put him to shame; to break his heart; to kill him by inches."

  2. 2
    To outdo thoroughly; to surpass; to outperform; to show up. transitive

    "Henry put me to shame; he fought, and fought bravely. John and I had made no resistance."

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