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
Csenge	CHENG-ge	Hungarian
Nobuyuki	no-boo-yoo-kee	Japanese
Lilla	LEEL-law	Hungarian
Bird	[bə:d]
Janina	yah-NEE-nah (Polish, German), YAH-nee-nah (Finnish)	Polish, Finnish, German, Swedish, Lithuanian
Rolan	-	Russian