put to shame

Definitions

1. 1

   To humiliate

   To humiliate; to disgrace.

   • 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.
   • After a sarcastic reporter asked him to explain quantum computing the self-avowed ‘geek’ leapt to the challenge and put him to shame.
2. 2

   To outdo thoroughly

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

   • Henry put me to shame; he fought, and fought bravely. John and I had made no resistance.
   • [T]he dog is said to have the most diseases second to man; the horse comes next; but the wild ones put us to shame by their superior health and the beauty that belongs to right development.
   • But in Edith, Ms. Stapleton also found vast wells of compassion and kindness, a natural delight in the company of other people, and a sense of fairness and justice that irritated her husband to no end and also put him to shame.

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