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Synonyms

put on the map

Idioms  

  1. Make famous, publicize, as in The incident got on the national news and put our community on the map. This expression, alluding to a locality that formerly was too small to put on a map, dates from the early 1900s.

Example Sentences

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The city was put on the map by Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, who came in the early 1960s for the filming of “The Night of the Iguana.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 23, 2026

The city’s vivifying artistic production was put on the map.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 1, 2025

Marta will always be one of the most revered players in the women's game, which she has helped to put on the map.

From BBC • Aug. 2, 2023

He’s also, like Brown, a repeat winner in a tough state that Democrats would love to put on the map.

From Washington Post • Apr. 16, 2022

Maybe the city was finally about to be put on the map.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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