know one's place

know one's place
know one's place
to know the behavior appropriate to one's position or status in life. •

I know my place. I won't speak unless spoken to.

People around here are expected to know their place. You have to follow all the rules.

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{v. phr.} To be deferential to one's elders or superiors. * /Ken is a talented teaching assistant, but he has a tendency to tell the head of the department how to run things. Somebody ought to teach him to know his place./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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