put somebody on the map

put somebody on the map
put sb/sth on the ˈmap idiom
to make sb/sth famous or important

The exhibition has helped put the city on the map.

Main entry:mapidiom

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

Игры ⚽ Нужна курсовая?

Look at other dictionaries:

  • The Rise and Fall of ECW — Infobox Film name=The Rise Fall of ECW caption=DVD cover of The Rise Fall of ECW runtime=5 Hours Release date=November 14 2006 imdb id=0440751 | The Rise and Fall of ECW is a documentary DVD produced by World Wrestling Entertainment. It… …   Wikipedia

  • Map–territory relation — The map–territory relation describes the relationship between an object and a representation of that object, as in the relation between a geographical territory and a map of it. Polish American scientist and philosopher Alfred Korzybski remarked… …   Wikipedia

  • The Daily Show — Also known as The Daily Show with Jon Stewart Genre …   Wikipedia

  • The Links — Infobox Television episode Colour = #ffaa44 Series = The O.C. Title = The Links Season = 1 (2003 2004) Caption = Last guy back buys the first round Episode = 16 Airdate = January 14, 2004 (FOX) Writer = Debra J. Fisher Erica Messer Director =… …   Wikipedia

  • Places in The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy — Hitchhiker s portal This is a list of places featured in Douglas Adams s science fiction series, The Hitchhiker s Guide to the Galaxy. The series is set in a fictionalised version of the Milky Way galaxy and thus, while most locations are pure… …   Wikipedia

  • History of the Quakers — The Religious Society of Friends, also known as Quakers, is a movement that began in England in the 17th century. In its early days it faced opposition and persecution; however, it continued to expand, extending into many parts of the world,… …   Wikipedia

  • Nuclear energy policy of the United States — For other uses, see Nuclear policy of the United States. George W. Bush signing the Energy Policy Act of 2005, which gave extensive funding and aid to help reinvigorate the nuclear industry in America. The nuclear energy policy of the United… …   Wikipedia

  • William Pitt the Younger — Infobox Prime Minister honorific prefix=The Right Honourable name =William Pitt imagesize=200px order =Prime Minister of the United Kingdom term start =10 May 1804 term end =23 January 1806 monarch =George III predecessor =Henry Addington… …   Wikipedia

  • Unweaving the Rainbow — Infobox Book name = Unweaving the Rainbow title orig = translator = image caption = author = Richard Dawkins illustrator = cover artist = country = language = series = subject = Evolutionary biology genre = publisher = Boston : Houghton Mifflin… …   Wikipedia

  • Soundbites featured on The Jim Rome Show — Jim Rome has a large archive of soundbites from celebrities and regular people who said or did something embarrassing or unusual within range of a microphone, and he loves to mine this archive for on air ridicule. A clip is usually only played… …   Wikipedia

Share the article and excerpts

Direct link
Do a right-click on the link above
and select “Copy Link”