put+to+shame
61put down — 1. Deposit, lay down. 2. Repress, crush, baffle, overthrow, destroy, conquer. 3. Degrade, confute, humiliate, abash, shame, disconcert, humble, extinguish, suppress. 4. Confute, silence …
62put-down — n 1. humiliation, mortification, embarrassment; abashment, debasement, abasement, self abnegation, self diminishment, self abasement; comedown, deflation, letdown; disgrace, shame. 2. gibe, sneer, jeer, fleer; derision, Inf. dig, twit, taunt,… …
63To put to the blush — Blush Blush, n. 1. A suffusion of the cheeks or face with red, as from a sense of shame, confusion, or modesty. [1913 Webster] The rosy blush of love. Trumbull. [1913 Webster] 2. A red or reddish color; a rosy tint. [1913 Webster] Light s last… …
64to shame — See: PUT TO SHAME …
65to shame — See: PUT TO SHAME …
66To put one's foot in one's mouth — Mouth Mouth (mouth), n.; pl. {Mouths} (mou[th]z). [OE. mouth, mu[thorn], AS. m[=u][eth]; akin to D. mond, OS. m[=u][eth], G. mund, Icel. mu[eth]r, munnr, Sw. mun, Dan. mund, Goth. mun[thorn]s, and possibly L. mentum chin; or cf. D. muil mouth,… …
67to\ shame — See: put to shame …
68put him to shame — embarrassed him, shamed him …
69To do one shame — do do (d[=oo]), v. t. or auxiliary. [imp. {did} (d[i^]d); p. p. {done} (d[u^]n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Doing} (d[=oo] [i^]ng). This verb, when transitive, is formed in the indicative, present tense, thus: I do, thou doest (d[=oo] [e^]st) or dost… …
70cover-shame — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun Etymology: cover (I) + shame 1. obsolete : a device for masking something shameful put on holy garments for a cover shame of lewdness John Dryden 2. [so called from its use to induce abortion] …