From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishput somebody in their placeput somebody in their placeREJECT/NOT ACCEPTto show someone that they are not as clever or important as they think they are I soon put him in his place. → place
Examples from the Corpus
put somebody in their place• Battered and beleaguered, Arsenal had been put firmly in their place.• Was Morrissey helped put them in their place.• I'd like to put her in her place - she thinks she's so special.• The Administration of Justice Act 1982 swept away the remaining ones without putting anything in their place. 