bring/take sb down a peg (or two)
informalto show someone that they are not as important as they thought
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- be under a cloud idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degradation
- degrade
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- grubby
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- lower your sights idiom
- peg
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