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
Corinna	kə-REEN-ə (English), kə-RIN-ə (English), ko-RI-nah (German)	English, German, Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Leilah	-	English (Rare)
Bacharach	['bækəræk]
Norbu	-	Tibetan, Bhutanese
Jena	JEN-ə	English
Vilim	-	Croatian