TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A PEG OR TWO


Meaning of TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A PEG OR TWO in English

HUMBLE, humiliate, mortify, bring down, shame, embarrass, abash, put someone in their place, chasten, subdue, squash, deflate, make someone eat humble pie; informal show up, settle someone's hash, cut down to size; N. Amer. informal make someone eat crow.

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