put in the picture
1put in the picture — Give all the relevant information • • • Main Entry: ↑picture …
2put in the picture — put (someone) in the picture to explain to someone what is happening. Jim had no idea what was going on until I put him in the picture …
3put in the picture — If you give somebody all the information necessary to enable them to fully understand a situation, you put them in the picture. Some changes were made during your absence. Let me put you in the picture …
4put in the picture — (smb) tell someone what the situation is They have finally decided to put me in the picture about the new work procedures …
5put in the picture — please come in and sit down, and we ll put you in the picture Syn: inform, fill in, explain the situation/circumstances to, bring up to date, update, brief, keep posted, clue in, bring up to speed …
6put in the picture — Inform. Bring (person) up to date …
7put you in the picture — If you put someone in the picture, you tell them the information they need to know about something …
8put somebody in the picture — put/keep sb in the ˈpicture idiom (informal) to give sb the information they need in order to understand a situation • Just to put you in the picture there have been a number of changes here recently. Main entry: ↑pictureidiom …
9put someone in the picture — put (someone) in the picture to explain to someone what is happening. Jim had no idea what was going on until I put him in the picture …
10be in the picture — to know; to have information (note: to put in the picture means to give information; to keep in the picture means to keep informed) …
