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put in the shade

put in the shade verb: to outshine, to eclipse, to overshadow, to be better than.

Verb

put in the shade (third-person singular simple present puts in the shade, present participle putting in the shade, simple past and past participle put in the shade)

  1. (figuratively, informal, transitive) To outshine, to eclipse, to overshadow, to be better than.

Forms of put in the shade

third-person singular presentputs in the shade
present participleputting in the shade
past participleput in the shade
pastput in the shade

Questions about put in the shade

What does put in the shade mean?
Put in the shade means to outshine, to eclipse, to overshadow, to be better than.
What part of speech is put in the shade?
Put in the shade is a verb.
What is the past tense of put in the shade?
The past tense of put in the shade is put in the shade.

Words near put in the shade in the dictionary

  1. put in one's oar
  2. put in pledge
  3. put in practice
  4. put in the ground
  5. put in the pin
  6. put in the shade
  7. put in the work
  8. put in with
  9. put in writing
  10. put into action
  11. put into context

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