bring (one) low

To bring one back to reality, especially if one is being a braggart. Dave was boasting so much about getting an A on the test that I finally had to bring him low and tell him that Miss Hayes is a really easy grader.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
ValÉRie	va-le-REE (French)	French, Czech
Cora	KAWR-ə (English)	English, German, Greek Mythology (Latinized)
Nahia	-	Basque
Jayne	[dʒein]
Katherine	[kæðərin]
Jan (1)	YAHN (Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Polish, German)	Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Czech, Polish, Slovene, German, Catalan