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?
See also: knock, off, perch

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Ekene-Western African, Igbo
Mladenka-Croatian, Serbian
Miyakomee-yah-koJapanese
FerneFURNEnglish
Adina (1)-Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Hebrew
Goga-Georgian