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put something on the map

Fig. to make some place famous or popular. The good food you serve here will really put this place on the map. Nothing like a little scandal to put an otherwise sleepy town on the map.

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Resident Sybil Gregory said: "Three years ago, I felt this place needed to be put on the map and I think we've done it. Pick of the bunch; Why life's blooming great... from town streets to ... by Evening Gazette (Middlesbrough, England) A former assistant to Oliver Sherwood, Greatrex was appointed trainer after Llewellyn was sacked in June by Malcolm Denmark, the owner of the yard which was put on the map by Jenny Pitman. An important month for Greatrex; Racing people Focus on those at the ... by The Racing Post (London, England) It's great to see this project come into fruition and for the estate to be put on the map," she said. Artwork to help us get noticed; ESTATE'S NEW LOOK by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)			put mind at ease put mind at rest put mind to put mind to it put money on put money up put money where mouth is put neck on the line put nose in put nose out of joint put nose to the grindstone put oar in put off stride put off the scent put off the track put on a brave face put on a front put on a pedestal put on airs put on an act put on hold put on ice put on paper put on the cuff put on the dog put on the map put on the shelf put on the spot put on the street put on weight put one at ease put one foot in front of the other put one in place put one off stride put one on guard put one on honor put one through paces put oneself out put out a warrant put out feelers put out of put out of mind put out of misery put out of the way put out to pasture put over knee put over the top put own house in order put paid to put pen to paper put people or things together			Put on Left put on notice put on notice put on notice put on notice put on notice put on one’s guard put on paper put on paper put on payroll Put on Production put on record put on sale put on speed put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the block put on the cuff put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the dog put on the line put on the long finger put on the long finger put on the long finger put on the map Put On The Market put on the retired list put on the ritz put on the ritz put on the ritz put on the scale put on the shelf put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the spot put on the stage put on the street put on their mettle put on their mettle put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on thinking cap put on to put on trial put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put on weight put one across put one at ease

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