put (someone or something) in the shade

idiom

chiefly British, informal

: to be much better than (someone or something)

Their performance really put ours in the shade.

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Both German companies have been put in the shade by Nike, whose shares hit an all-time high in December after the athletic wear company reported another set of stellar quarterly results. —

Adrian Croft, Fortune, 10 Mar. 2021

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