knock off perch

knock somebody off their perch

(British & Australian)

to make someone fail or lose their leading position Will Rovers win the European Cup and knock United off their perch?

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Faustinus	-	Ancient Roman
Parker	PAHR-kər	English
Ruslan	roo-SLAHN (Russian)	Russian, Tatar, Bashkir, Ukrainian, Belarusian, Kazakh, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Azerbaijani, Ossetian, Cheche
Oier	-	Basque
Devi	-	Hinduism, Indian, Hindi, Tamil
Reinoud	-	Dutch