throw into the shade

verb

Roget 528: conceal, hide, secrete, put out of sight; lock up, seal up, bottle up.    encrypt, encode, cipher.    cover, screen, cloak, veil, shroud; cover up one's tracks; screen from sight, screen from observation; drawing the veil; draw the curtain, close the curtain; curtain, shade, eclipse, throw a view over; be cloud, be mask; mask, disguise; ensconce, muffle, smother; befog; whisper.    keep from; keep back, keep to oneself; keep snug, keep close, keep secret, keep dark; bury; sink, suppress; keep from, keep from out of view, keep from out of sight; keep in the shade, throw into the shade, throw into background; stifle, hush up, smother, withhold, reserve; fence with a question; ignore etc. 460.    keep a secret, keep one's own counsel; hold one's tongue etc. (silence) 585; make no sign, not let it go further; not breathe a word, not breathe a syllable about; not let the right hand know what the left is not let the right hand know what the left is doing; hide one's light under a bushel, bury one's talent in a napkin.    keep in the dark, leave in the dark, keep in the ignorance; blind, blind the eyes; blindfold, hoodwink, mystify; puzzle etc. (render uncertain) 475; bamboozle etc. (deceive) 545.    be concealed etc. v.; suffer an eclipse; retire from sight, couch; hide oneself; lie hid, lie in perdu [Fr.], lie in close; lie in ambush (ambush) 530; seclude oneself etc. 893; lurk, sneak, skulk, slink, prowl; steal into, steal out of, steal by, steal along; play at bopeep^†, play at hide and seek; hide in holes and corners; still hunt.    ... show more

Roget 303: transgress, surpass, pass; go beyond, go by; show in front, come to the front; shoot ahead of; steal a march upon, steal a gain upon.    overstep, overpass, overreach, overgo^†, override, overleap, overjump^†, overskip^†, overlap, overshoot the mark; outstrip, outleap, outjump, outgo, outstep^†, outrun, outride, outrival, outdo; beat, beat hollow; distance; leave in the lurch, leave in the rear; throw into the shade; exceed, transcend, surmount; soar etc. (rise) 305.    encroach, trespass, infringe, trench upon, entrench on, intrench on^†; strain; stretch a point, strain a point; cross the Rubicon.    ... show more

Roget 36: decrease, diminish, lessen; abridge etc. (shorten) 201; shrink etc. (contract) 195; drop off, fall off, tail off; fall away, waste, wear; wane, ebb, decline; descend etc. 306; subside; melt away, die away; retire into the shade, hide its diminished head, fall to a low ebb, run low, languish, decay, crumble.    bate, abate, dequantitate^†; discount; depreciate; extenuate, lower, weaken, attenuate, fritter away; mitigate etc. (moderate) 174; dwarf, throw into the shade; reduce etc. 195; shorten etc. 201; subtract etc. 38.    ... show more

Roget 33: be superior etc. adj.; exceed, excel, transcend; outdo, outbalance^†, outweigh, outrank, outrival, out-Herod; pass, surpass, get ahead of; over-top, override, overpass, overbalance, overweigh, overmatch; top, o'ertop, cap, beat, cut out; beat hollow; outstrip etc. 303; eclipse, throw into the shade, take the shine out of, outshine, put one's nose out of joint; have the upper hand, have the whip hand of, have the advantage; turn the scale, kick the beam; play first fiddle etc. (importance) 642; preponderate, predominate, prevail; precede, take precedence, come first; come to a head, culminate; beat all others, etc. bear the palm; break the record; take the cake [U.S.].    become larger, render larger etc. (increase) 35, (expand) 194.    ... show more

Roget 874: be inglorious etc. adj.; incur disgrace etc. n.; have a bad name, earn a bad name; put a halter round one's neck, wear a halter round one's neck; disgrace oneself, expose oneself.    play second fiddle; lose caste; pale one's ineffectual fire; recede into the shade; fall from one's high estate; keep in the background etc. (modesty) 881; be conscious of disgrace etc. (humility) 879; look blue, look foolish, look like a fool; cut a poor figure, cut a sorry figure; laugh on the wrong side of the mouth; make a sorry face, go away with a flea in.    one's ear, slink away.    cause shame etc. n.; shame, disgrace, put to shame, dishonor; throw dishonor upon, cast dishonor upon, fling dishonor upon, reflect dishonor upon etc. n.; be a reproach etc. n.. to; derogate from.    tarnish, stain, blot sully, taint; discredit; degrade, debase, defile; beggar; expel etc. (punish) 972.    impute shame to, brand, post, stigmatize, vilify, defame, slur, cast a slur upon, hold up to shame, send to Coventry; tread under foot, trample under foot; show up, drag through the mire, heap dirt upon; reprehend etc. 932.    bring low, put down, snub; take down a peg, take down a peg lower, take down a peg or two.    obscure.    eclipse, outshine, take the shine out of; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow; leave in the background, put in the background; push into a corner, put one's nose out of joint; put out, put out of countenance.    upset, throw off one's center; discompose, disconcert; put to the blush etc. (humble) 879.    ... show more

Roget 873: be conscious of glory; be proud of etc. (pride) 878; exult etc. (boast) 884; be vain of etc. (vanity) 880.    be distinguished etc. adj.; shine etc. (light) 420; shine forth, figure; cut a figure, make a dash, make a splash.    rival, surpass; outshine, outrival, outvie^†, outjump; emulate, eclipse; throw into the shade, cast into the shade; overshadow.    live, flourish, glitter, flaunt, gain honor, acquire honor etc. n.; play first fiddle etc. (be of importance) 642, bear the palm, bear the bell; lead the way; take precedence, take the wall of; gain laurels, win laurels, gain spurs, gain golden opinions etc. (approbation) 931; take one's degree, pass one's examination.    make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head.    enthrone, signalize, immortalize, deify, exalt to the skies; hand one's name down to posterity.    consecrate; dedicate to, devote to; enshrine, inscribe, blazon, lionize, blow the trumpet, crown with laurel.    confer honor on, reflect honor on etc. v.; shed a luster on; redound.   to one's honor, ennoble.    give honor to, do honor to, pay honor to, render honor to; honor, accredit, pay regard to, dignify, glorify; sing praises to etc. (approve) 931; lock up to; exalt, aggrandize, elevate, nobilitate [Lat.].    ... show more

Roget 879: be humble etc. adj.; deign, vouchsafe, condescend; humble oneself, demean oneself; stoop, stoop to conquer; carry coals; submit etc. 725; submit with a good grace etc. (brook) 826; yield the palm.    lower one's tone, lower one's note; sing small, draw in one's horns, sober down; hide one's face, hide one's diminished head; not dare to show one's face, take shame to oneself, not have a word to say for oneself; feel shame, be conscious of shame, feel disgrace, be conscious of disgrace; drink the cup of humiliation to the dregs.    blush for, blush up to the eves; redden, change color; color up; hang one's head, look foolish, feel small.    render humble; humble, humiliate; let down, set down, take down, tread down, frown down; snub, abash, abase, make one sing small, strike dumb; teach one his distance; put down, take down a peg, take down a peg lower; throw into the shade, cast into the shade etc. 874; stare out of countenance, put out of countenance; put to the blush; confuse, ashame^†, mortify, disgrace, crush; send away with a flea in one's ear.    get a setdown^†.    ... show more

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