Put someone in their place

"Put someone in their place" in a Sentence (3 examples)

His quips at the party aimed to put the CEO in his place.

The response, culminating in Rooney finishing off a slick exchange of incisive, pass-them-to-death football, quickly put Scotland back in their place.

Musk has spent a lifetime defying the haters; now, it seems, he’s finally in position to put them in their place.

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