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put swh/something/someone on the map

to make a place, thing, or person famous. The Alaska-Yukon-Pacific Exposition of 1909 put Seattle on the map. If Newcastle United win the championship it will really put them back on the map as far as European football is concerned.

See also: map

put something on the map

to make something famous. The Macintosh operating system put Apple computers on the map.

See also: map

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