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- knock (someone) down a peg (or two)
knock (someone) down a peg (or two)
knock (someone) down a peg (or two)
To reduce or damage someone's ego or pride; to humble or humiliate someone. I'm really glad that pompous oaf lost his court case—maybe that will knock him down a peg or two. It's about time that someone knocked Sarah down a peg. Her snotty arrogance is intolerable!
Common Names:
Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
Ayda | | - | Arabic |
Radboud | | RAHT-bowt | Dutch |
Indira | | - | Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Marathi, Kannada, Tamil |
Stu | | STOO, STYOO | English |
Allana | | ə-LAN-ə | English (Rare) |
Brynhild | | - | Norwegian, Norse Mythology |