puts to shame
Makes look inferior
To put something to shame is to make it seem inferior by comparison: Her homemade pasta puts the store-bought stuff to shame.
The phrase suggests the lesser thing should be embarrassed by how thoroughly it's been surpassed.
Less commonly, it means to cause actual shame or disgrace: The scandal put the whole department to shame.
- embarrassCause social discomfort
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- humiliateCause painful shame
- eat humble pieAdmit error humbly
- outperformAchieve superior results
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