put on the map

Idioms and Phrases

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

Other religious ceremonies were held at the Museu Pelé in Santos, the port city he put on the map with his goals and success for Santos FC, and in the small city of Tres Corações, where do Nascimento was born in 1940.

From Seattle Times

"There was a real sense of Hull being put on the map, quite literally in the case of the BBC Weather map," he said.

From BBC

Now she found herself in Newtown or Parkland or Uvalde or whatever fresh hell had just been put on the map.

From Seattle Times

SB Projects encompasses a few ventures: Management, which included clients like Bieber, Ariana Grande, J Balvin, and for a short-stint, Kanye West; Sheba Publishing, a joint venture with Universal Music Group Publishing; and Schoolboy Records, a record label first put on the map by Braun’s client Asher Roth and his 2009 hit “I Love College.”

From Seattle Times

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

Related Words

• announce
• communicate
• disclose
• display
• endorse
• exhibit
• proclaim
• promote
• reveal
• sponsor
• tout