put something in the shade

put something in the shade
put someone/​something in the shade phrase
to be so impressive that someone or something else becomes less impressive or interesting by comparison

Hong Kong’s metro really puts our public transport system in the shade.

Thesaurus: to be very good or impressivesynonym
Main entry: shade

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put sb/sth in the ˈshade idiom
to be much better or more impressive than sb/sth

I tried hard but her work put mine in the shade.

Main entry:shadeidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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