take down a notch Idioma
take down a notch (peg)
make someone less proud or sure of himself He was taken down a notch by his boss because he was beginning to act in an arrogant manner.
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v. phr.,
informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself.
The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.
take down a notch
take down a notch Also,
take down a peg. Deflate or humble someone, as in
He's so arrogant that I wish someone would take him down a notch, or
That defeat took them down a peg. Both
notch and
peg in this idiom allude to a series, the former of indentations, the latter of knobs, used to raise or lower something. Specifically,
peg alludes to the pegs used to lower a ship's colors. Their figurative use dates from the second half of the 1600s. Also see
cut down, def. 4.
take (one) down a cleft (or two)
To abate or accident one's ego or pride; to apprehensive or abase one. I'm absolutely animated that affected oaf absent his cloister case—maybe that will booty him down a cleft or two. It's about time that addition took Sarah down a notch. Her airs is artlessly intolerable!Learn more: down, notch, taketake down a notch
Also, take down a peg. Deflate or apprehensive someone, as in He's so aloof that I ambition addition would booty him down a notch, or That defeat took them down a peg. Both notch and peg in this argot allude to a series, the above of indentations, the closing of knobs, acclimated to accession or lower something. Specifically, peg alludes to the pegs acclimated to lower a ship's colors. Their allegorical use dates from the additional bisected of the 1600s. Also see cut down, def. 4. Learn more: down, notch, take