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1know one's place — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one s elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place./ …
2know one's place — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one s elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place./ …
3know one's place — To show proper subservience • • • Main Entry: ↑place …
4know\ one's\ place — v. phr. To be deferential to one s elders or superiors. Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place …
5know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… …
6know one's way around — or[know one s way about] {v. phr.} 1. To understand how things happen in the world; he experienced in the ways of the world. * /The sailor had been in the wildest ports in the world. He knew his way around./ Compare: HAVE BEEN AROUND. 2. or… …
7know or keep one's place — idi know or keep one s place, to behave according to one s position or rank, esp. if inferior …
8place — [plās] n. [OFr < L platea, a broad street (in LL, an open space) < Gr plateia, a street < platys, broad: see PLATY ] 1. a square or court in a city 2. a short street, often closed at one end 3. space; room 4. a particular area or… …
9lose one's place — To falter in following a text, etc, not know what point has been reached • • • Main Entry: ↑place …
10put in one's place — If someone causes offence or irritation by speaking or behaving in an inappropriate manner, you put them in their place by letting them know that they are not as important as they seem to believe. The new trainee is not in a position to… …