put in a predicament
1predicament, dilemma — Predicament means a difficult, perplexing, dangerous, or unpleasant situation or condition: Having no room reservation put us into a predicament. A dilemma resembles a predicament with emphasis upon the puzzling and perplexing elements present:… …
2predicament — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ awful, difficult, dire, terrible, worse ▪ Other companies are in an even worse predicament than ourselves. ▪ current, present …
3put in — phr verb Put in is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ambulance, ↑appearance, ↑bag, ↑basket, ↑bid, ↑bin, ↑boiler, ↑box, ↑bracket, ↑claim, ↑clause, ↑clip, ↑ …
4put oneself in another person's shoes — ► be (or put oneself) in another person s shoes imagine oneself in another s situation or predicament. Main Entry: ↑shoe …
5Mabel's Strange Predicament — Infobox Film name = Mabel s Strange Predicament imagesize= 250px caption = still director = Henry Lehrman producer = Mack Sennett writer = Henry Lehrman starring = Charles Chaplin Mabel Normand Chester Conklin Alice Davenport Harry McCoy Hank… …
6To put a case — Case Case, n. [F. cas, fr. L. casus, fr. cadere to fall, to happen. Cf. {Chance}.] 1. Chance; accident; hap; opportunity. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] By aventure, or sort, or cas. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] 2. That which befalls, comes, or happens; an… …
7be (or put oneself) in another person's shoes — imagine oneself in another s situation or predicament. → shoe …
8barrel, have one over a — Put in a serious predicament, so that one is unable to retaliate …
9literature — /lit euhr euh cheuhr, choor , li treuh /, n. 1. writings in which expression and form, in connection with ideas of permanent and universal interest, are characteristic or essential features, as poetry, novels, history, biography, and essays. 2.… …
10fix — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. stabilize, establish; repair, adjust, mend; settle, decide; place; fasten; prepare; slang, bribe; informal, spay, castrate. See stability, restoration, junction, certainty, location, density. n.,… …
