KNOW ONE'S PLACE

Meaning of KNOW ONE'S PLACE in English

v. phr. To be deferential to one's elders or superiors. Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place.

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KNOW ONE'S PLACE — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one's elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has …
Slang English vocab
KNOW ONE'S PLACE — {v. phr.} To be deferential to one's elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has …
Словарь английских идиом
KNOW ONE'S PLACE — знать свое место
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KNOW ONE'S PLACE — знать свое место
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
PLACE — I. ˈplās noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French, open space in a city, space, locality, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONE — I. |wən adjective Etymology: Middle English oon, on, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈn(y)ü ; or dialect knowed ˈnōd ; known ˈnōn sometimes -ōən ; also dialect knowed …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PLACE — — placeable , adj. — placeless , adj. — placelessly , adv. /plays/ , n. , v. , placed, placing …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
ONE — /wun/ , adj. 1. being or amounting to a single unit or individual or entire thing, item, or object rather …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
KNOW — know 1 — knower , n. /noh/ , v. , knew, known, knowing , n. v.t. 1. to perceive or …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PLACE — I. ˈplās noun Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, open space, from Latin platea broad street, from Greek plateia ( hodos …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
ONE — I. ˈwən adjective Etymology: Middle English on, an, from Old English ān; akin to Old High German ein one, Latin …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
KNOW — I. ˈnō verb ( knew ˈnü also ˈnyü ; known ˈnōn ; know·ing ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
PLACE — add. ·vt to place-kick ( a goal). 2. place ·noun a definite position or passage of a document. 3. place …
Webster English vocab
KNOW — noun knee. 2. know ·vi to have sexual commerce with. 3. know ·vi to be assured; to feel confident. 4. …
Webster English vocab
KNOW — [know] vb knew ; known ; know.ing [ME, fr. OE cnawan; akin to OHG bichnaan to recognize, L gnoscere, noscere …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
PLACE — / pleɪs; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun POSITION / POINT / AREA 1. [ C ] a particular …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLACE — I. place 1 S1 W1 /pleɪs/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Word Family: noun : ↑ place , ↑ placement …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ONE — I. one 1 S1 W1 /wʌn/ BrE AmE number 1 . the number 1: They had one daughter. one hundred …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
KNOW — I. know 1 S1 W1 /nəʊ $ noʊ/ BrE AmE verb ( past tense knew /njuː $ nuː/, past participle …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
PLACE — n. & v. --n. 1 a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
PLACE — n. & v. n. 1 a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ONE — adj., n., & pron. adj. 1 single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
KNOW — v. & n. v. (past knew; past part. known) 1 tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
PLACE — n. & v. --n. 1. a a particular portion of space. b a portion of space occupied by a person …
Oxford English vocab
ONE — adj., n., & pron. --adj. 1. single and integral in number. 2 (with a noun implied) a single person or …
Oxford English vocab
KNOW — v. & n. --v. (past knew; past part. known) 1. tr. (often foll. by that, how, what, etc.) a have …
Oxford English vocab
PLACE — ( places, placing, placed) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A place …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ONE — ( ones) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. One is the number …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
KNOW — ( knows, knowing, knew, known) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. If …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
PLACE — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a ceremony takes place ▪ The ceremony took place on 13th June at 2:30. …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
KNOW — (BE FAMILIAR WITH) [verb] [past simple] knew, [past participle] known - to be familiar with or have experience and understanding …
Cambridge English vocab
KNOW — Synonyms and related words : absorb, account, acquaintance, aller sans dire, announcement, appreciate, apprehend, assimilate, associate with, be acquainted with, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLACE — I. noun 1 particular position/area ADJECTIVE ▪ convenient , good , great , ideal , perfect ▪ horrible , terrible …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
KNOW — verb 1 have information about sth ADVERB ▪ full well , perfectly well , very well ▪ I don't ~ …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
PLACE — INDEX: 1. a place 2. the exact place where something is or happens 3. ways of talking about where someone …
Longman Activator English vocab
PLACE — See ↑ HOME 1, ↑ PLACE 1, ↑ POSITION/RANK 7, ↑ PUT 1, ↑ SIT 4, ↑ STUDY 1 ◆◆◆ …
Longman Activator English vocab
KNOW — See ↑ EXPERIENCE 3, ↑ KNOW/NOT KNOW 1,2,11,22, ↑ RECOGNIZE 1, ↑ SPEAK 3, ↑ SURE/NOT SURE 1 ◆◆◆ • …
Longman Activator English vocab
PLACE — n. 25B6; noun an ideal place for dinner : LOCATION, site, spot, setting, position, situation, area, region, locale; venue; technical …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
KNOW — n. 25B6; verb she doesn't know I'm here : BE AWARE, realize, be conscious, be informed; notice, perceive, see, sense, …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
PLACE — n. 1 location, site, position, point, spot, locus, area, locale, scene, setting This looks like a nice place for a …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
KNOW — v. 1 understand, comprehend, be familiar with, grasp, be acquainted with, be versed or skilled in Do you know anything …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ONE — pronoun 1 BAD : Fluency in English is one of the best qualifications you can have. GOOD : Fluency in …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
KNOW — verb 1 BAD : I ran downstairs to know what was happening. GOOD : I ran downstairs to find out …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
PLACE — 1. сущ. 1) а) место to give place to ≈ уступить место (кому-л.) to take the place of ≈ занять …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
KNOW — 1. гл. 1) а) знать (тж. know about/of); иметь представление, располагать определенным набором знаний to know what's what разг. ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
PLACE — place.ogg 1. pleıs n 1. 1> место some place - где-то some place, some time - где-нибудь, когда-нибудь starting place …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
KNOW — 1. nəʋ n знание to be in the know - разг. быть в курсе дела 2. nəʋ v (knew; known) …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
PLACE — 1) класть 2) место 3) положение 4) помещать 5) размещать 6) разряд 7) расставить 8) сажать 9) точка 10) укладывать • digits with like place values — цифры одного разряда gasify coal …
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
PLACE — place сущ.1) пространство, протяженность Syn:site 1., room I 1., extension 2) а) сиденье, место (в автомобиле, за столом и т. …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
ONE — one числ. колич.1) один (число 1) one book — одна книга one million — один миллион one half — половина …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
PLACE — 1. pleıs n 1. 1> место some place - где-то some place, some time - где-нибудь, когда-нибудь starting place - …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
KNOW — 1. nəʋ n знание to be in the know - разг. быть в курсе дела 2. nəʋ v (knew; known) …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
PLACE — 1. сущ. 1) пространство, протяженность Syn: site 1., room I 1., extension 2) а) сиденье, место ( в автомобиле, за …
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике

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