Put on the Map

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🗓️ Idiom: Put on the Map

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💬 Meaning

• To make someone or something well-known or famous.
• This idiom often refers to an action or event that brings significant recognition, visibility, or attention.

🧠 Example Sentences

• The viral campaign really put the brand on the map.
• Their first big client put the small agency on the map.
• Winning that marketing award put the team on the map in the industry.

🏛️ Origin

Originally, “putting something on the map” referred to a town or city becoming prominent enough to appear on geographical maps. Over time, it came to mean making anything, such as a business, idea, or person—widely recognised or famous.

📝 Practice Exercises

1. Fill in the blank:

The influencer’s video __________ the product on the map almost overnight.

Answer

put

2. Choose the correct meaning of “put on the map”:

A) To relocate something
B) To hide from public view
C) To make something widely known or recognized

Answer

C) To make something widely known or recognized

3. Rewrite the sentence using the idiom:

“Their product launch made them famous in the industry.” → Change the sentence using: put on the map

Answer

Their product launch put them on the map in the industry.

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ℹ️ Other Useful Pages

👉 Marketing and Sales Idioms
👉 Business English Idioms List
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