- keep someone in his place
- не давать кому-л. зазнаваться
Новый англо-русский словарь. 2013.
keep someone in his place
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keep someone in his place — keep someone in his (or her) place keep someone from becoming presumptuous … Useful english dictionary
keep someone in his — ● place … Useful english dictionary
keep someone in his/her place — keep (someone) in his/her place : to prevent (someone) from achieving a higher social status Such social rules were used to keep women in their place. • • • Main Entry: ↑place … Useful english dictionary
keep someone waiting — phrase to make someone stay in one place or do nothing until you are ready to see or talk to them We were kept waiting outside his office for over an hour. Don’t keep me waiting for an answer. wait for someone/something to do something: Rescue… … Useful english dictionary
keep someone waiting — to make someone stay in one place or do nothing until you are ready to see or talk to them We were kept waiting outside his office for over an hour. Don t keep me waiting for an answer. wait for someone/something to do something: Rescue teams… … English dictionary
keep in his/her place — keep (someone) in his/her place : to prevent (someone) from achieving a higher social status Such social rules were used to keep women in their place. • • • Main Entry: ↑place … Useful english dictionary
place — n 1. location, locality, locale, whereabouts, hereabouts; spot, scene, scene of the crime, setting, Law. venue; bearings, latitude and longitude, coordinates. 2. position, situation, circumstance, condition, state, state of affairs; standing,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
keep — keep1 [ kip ] (past tense and past participle kept [ kept ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 stay in state/position ▸ 2 (make) continue/repeat ▸ 3 continue to have ▸ 4 store ▸ 5 (make) stay within limit ▸ 6 do what you said ▸ 7 provide money for ▸ 8 take care of… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
keep — [[t]ki͟ːp[/t]] ♦ keeps, keeping, kept 1) V LINK ERG If someone keeps or is kept in a particular state, they remain in it. [V n adj/prep] The noise kept him awake... [V n adj/prep] Reggie was being kept busy behind the bar... [V adj/prep] To keep… … English dictionary
keep — 1 /ki:p/ verb past tense and past participle kept /kept/ 1 NOT GIVE BACK (T) to have something and not need to give it back: You can keep it. I don t need it. | Try it for a week and we guarantee you ll want to keep it. 2 NOT LOSE (T) to continue … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
keep — I UK [kiːp] / US [kɪp] verb Word forms keep : present tense I/you/we/they keep he/she/it keeps present participle keeping past tense kept UK [kept] / US past participle kept *** 1) a) [intransitive] to stay in a state, position, or place without… … English dictionary
