on the map
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4.4
- idiom
:
conocido
- You'll put this town on the map!
- put on the map
This can put you on the map if you're good enough.
- This can put you on the map if you're good enough.
- If you read Crush It, my first book will put me on the map.
Examples
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Her groundbreaking research helped to put the university on the map as a leader in science.
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It's about to put Texas on the map.
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This stunt is really going to put the academy on the map.
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This can put you on the map if you're good enough.
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You'll put this museum on the map.
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You put Invercargill on the map!
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This could put our Loch Ness on the map.
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Winning the championship really put our school on the map for athletics.
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The festival was a huge success and put the small town on the map for tourism.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Many people know them for something good or important
353
3.9
Easy to see or remember because it stands out
253
1.0
Familiar to many people and often talked about
133
4.4
Very well known and seen as a symbol of something
112
3.7
Worth attention because it is important or unusual
104
1.9
Most people know it
70
3.5
Well known and respected by many people
69
4.1
Well known and respected for being very good
12
6.7
A person, team, or place known for a famous history
1
3.2
Famous and admired for important achievements or qualities
Known and admired by many people far away
Known and officially accepted as important or respected
Antonyms
How Famous
Surface Forms
Morphology
The literal combination of 'on' + 'the' + 'map' yields a location sense (appearing on a map), and the idiomatic meaning 'known or recognized' is a clear metaphorical extension of being marked or visible on a map. This mapping is partly predictable for learners who understand the spatial-to-visibility metaphor, but it still requires a metaphorical inference and may not be immediately obvious to an average B1 learner, so it is only partially transparent.
Etymology
On the map comes from the simple image of a town being shown on a real map. If a place was put on the map, people would know about it and it became 'important', so today the phrase means 'known' or 'famous'.