put sb on the spot
1put someone on the spot — phrase to ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer I’m going to put you on the spot and ask what you would have done in his position. Thesaurus: to ask a question or questionssynonym to make someone feel ashamed or… …
2put somebody on the spot — put sb on the ˈspot idiom to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question • The interviewer s questions really put him on the spot. Main entry: ↑spotidiom …
3put someone on the spot — put (someone) on the spot to cause someone difficulty or embarrassment. She asked if I would vote for her, which really put me on the spot because I had decided not to …
4put someone on the spot — If you put someone on the spot, you put them in a difficult position, for example by asking difficult questions which they cannot avoid. The reporter was put on the spot when he was asked to reveal his source …
5put someone on the spot — to ask someone a question that is difficult or embarrassing to answer I m going to put you on the spot and ask what you would have done in his position …
6put someone on the spot — informal force someone into a situation in which they must respond or act. → spot …
7put on the spot — put (someone) on the spot to cause someone difficulty or embarrassment. She asked if I would vote for her, which really put me on the spot because I had decided not to …
8put on the spot — If you put someone on the spot, you put them in a difficult position, for example by asking difficult questions which they cannot avoid. The reporter was put on the spot when he was asked to reveal his source …
9put on the spot — ► put on the spot informal force (someone) into a situation in which they must respond or act. Main Entry: ↑spot …
10put on the spot — to kill From the slang meaning, to accuse or embarrass: Youthful killers on the East Side can he hired to knock off or put a guy on the spot . (Lavine, 1930) …
