put on the spot

Meaning

1. Oxford100% of films

   to make sb feel awkward or embarrassed by asking them a difficult question

   I won't have her put on the spot.

In the movies · 5

• Listen, I hate to put you on the spot, but I really must ask you to clear my name.The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• You're putting me on the spot.The Longest Day1962
• I won't have her put on the spot.Downton Abbey2019
• "Fuck you. Don't put me on the spot."Birdman or2014
• Listen, I hate to put you on the spot,The Grand Budapest Hotel2014
• Sorry if I put you on the spot showing up like that.Drive2011
• I can put a blind spot in the program as a bonus.Transformers: Dark of the Moon2011
• I... I don't wanna put you on the spot or anything, um...To the Bone2017

Learn it in full scenes

• Downton Abbey2019
  • The King and Queen Are Coming
  • Downton Prepares for the Royal Visit
  • The Royal Butler Takes Over

From the same entry

• in a spot
• on the spot
• a bright spot
• glued to the spot
• hit the spot
• knock spots off
• a leopard cannot change its spots
• be riveted to the spot
• have a soft spot for
• a tight spot
• be spotted with

More idioms

• at the drop of a hat
• be all in mind
• be at your wits end
• be born to be
• be set in your ways
• by word of mouth
• come out on top
• down in the dumps
• fly off the handle
• give the finger
• hold at bay
• in the blink of an eye