Т238
СТАВИТЬ/ПОСТАВИТЬ В ТУПИК кого
VPsubj:
human or
abstrusu. this
WO (of a person, what a person says, an incomprehensible phenomenon
etc) to put
s.o. in a difficult position in which he does not know what to do, what to say, how to react
etc: X поставил Y-a в тупик = X baffled (nonplussed, stumped) YX put Y in a bad (difficult
etc) positionY was at a loss (for what to say (to do
etc ))Y didn't know what to say (to do
etc)thing X brought Y to (landed Y in) an impasse.
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Т239 →← Т237