show sb up
— phrasal verb with show uk/ʃəʊ/us/ʃoʊ/verb showed, shown
to behave in a way that makes someone you are with feel ashamed or embarrassed:
I wish you wouldn't show me up in front of my parents by getting so drunk.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Embarrassing
- awkward
- cringe
- cringe-making
- cringey
- curl
- curl up and die idiom
- embarrass
- embarrassing
- information
- painful
- put sb on the spot idiom
- show
- spare
- spare sb's blushes idiom
- spot
- toe-curling
- too much information idiom