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take down a peg or two
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To humble or bring someone down from a pedestal
To browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
Verb
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To humble or bring someone down from a pedestal
humble
humiliate
degrade
demean
devalue
discredit
disgrace
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
downgrade
embarrass
mortify
shame
abase
abash
chasten
crush
debase
deflate
discomfit
flatten
quash
squash
subdue
bring down
bring low
put down
take down
show up
cut down to size
make ashamed
put to shame
make a fool of
make someone eat crow
make someone eat humble pie
put someone in their place
get the better of
have the last laugh on
own
lower
cheapen
foul
sink
take down a peg
smirch
snub
shoot down
smear
cause to lose face
chagrin
tear down
cow
belittle
settle someone's hash
cast down
defile
reduce
take the wind out of your sails
ridicule
break
bemean
blot
pan
discountenance
cause to feel small
disconcert
denigrate
give a black eye
put in one's place
tame
reproach
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
put out of countenance
rip
run down
confuse
slam
play down
vanquish
blister
downplay
wither
browbeat
shoot down in flames
pop one's balloon
silence
make one feel small
upset
squelch
overcome
make eat dirt
force to eat humble pie
fix someone's wagon
pull down
put one away
put away
strike dumb
demote
cut to the quick
bring down a peg
discourage
knock down
knock the stuffing out of
destroy
debunk
let wind out of sails
puncture balloon
dispirit
dishearten
dismay
dash
let down easy
kick in the teeth
drag through the mud
injure
desecrate
drag through the mire
blacken
disfavor
US
tarnish
disrespect
bring into disrepute
spot
bring shame upon
disfavour
UK
slander
besmear
stigmatize
US
slur
disregard
put in a bad light
stigmatise
UK
deride
give a bad name to
scandalise
UK
attaint
lose face
reflect badly on
mock
scandalize
US
stain
libel
derogate
bring shame on
sully
besmirch
disparage
tar and feather
taint
defame
vilify
malign
soil
calumniate
traduce
bring discredit to
decry
asperse
censure
spoil
knock
rubbish
damage
bad-mouth
blemish
befoul
give a bad name
slag off
bring shame to
do a hatchet job on
speak ill of
diminish
blotch
breathe on
attack
muckrake
sling mud at
fling mud at
do a number on
cast a slur on
drag down
assail
rip up and down
poison
lessen
corrupt
show in a bad light
blacken the name of
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
depreciate
lower the status of
brand
detract
undermine
detract from
bring dishonour to
dirty
minimize
US
prostitute
debauch
smudge
daub
expose
denounce
insult
mar
blight
minimise
UK
undervalue
pollute
hurt
scorch
dump on
roast
vilipend
cast aspersions on
tar
damage the reputation of
make lose face
poor-mouth
label
condescend
muddy
stoop
dehumanize
US
deign
contaminate
subvert
bastardize
US
mark
pillory
dehumanise
UK
warp
vitiate
begrime
profane
prejudice
descend
grime
scorn
compromise
demoralize
US
offend
deprave
deteriorate
discolour
UK
slight
bastardise
UK
mire
ruin
muck
condemn
bemire
spatter
deprecate
splash
distain
splatter
gaum
back-bite
demoralise
UK
cut down
pour scorn on
contemn
pooh-pooh
dis
speak evil of
discolor
US
cast a slur
harm
dismiss
revile
reflect negatively
make dirty
make filthy
get filthy
get dirty
criticise
UK
cast in a bad light
take to pieces
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
criticize
US
blacken the reputation of
lower someone's status
lower someone's dignity
badmouth
bedaub
blackguard
despise
demolish
anoint
betray
misrepresent
be prejudicial to
sling mud
touch
darken
reduce the status of
get one's comeuppance
impugn
lower in rank
vituperate
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sell out
lower in status
let down
take apart
slag
gossip about
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
belie
throw mud at
abandon one's principles
tell lies about
mudsling
maculate
relegate
impair
influence
mess
muss
run a smear campaign against
succumb
disesteem
cloud
take to bits
mess up
make mucky
muss up
muck up
blot your copybook
cast slur on
put zingers on
infect
despoil
underestimate
adulterate
pervert
declass
do discredit to
underrate
distort
bump
set back
revert
lower oneself
debase oneself
be reduced to
debase yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
trivialize
US
deform
disfigure
waste
deface
ravage
characterize
US
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
weaken
canker
dilute
blemish the reputation of
tarnish the reputation of
be a discredit to
disrate
bust
mark down
reduce to the ranks
kick downstairs
blacken someone's name
disdain
treat lightly
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
scoff at
make light of
zing
brutalize
US
bestialize
discount
trash-talk
diss
trash
cry down
do down
sneer at
slate
insinuate
minify
sell short
misprize
class
categorize
US
classify
mongrelize
brutalise
UK
cast a slur upon
rap
abuse
trivialise
UK
dispraise
have a go at
find fault with
look down on
pull apart
write off
clamor against
hold cheap
kiss off
talk down
spurn
hit out at
fault
pick holes in
tinge
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
identify
describe
cut up
skin alive
characterise
UK
call
categorise
UK
name
slap in the face
hit where one lives
mark out
label negatively
accuse of being
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“They were three uppity women that he wanted to
take down a peg or two
.”
Verb
▲
To browbeat or reprimand someone harshly, usually in front of other people
slap down
admonish
reprimand
reproach
scold
rebuke
browbeat
deflate
tell off
take to task
tick off
put down
put someone in their place
have a go at
berate
chide
upbraid
chastise
censure
lambaste
criticize
US
reprove
dress down
bawl out
haul over the coals
lay into
carpet
read the riot act
let someone have it
chew out
criticise
UK
castigate
remonstrate with
pull up
lace into
rate
pitch into
trim
give a talking-to
give someone an earful
give someone a telling-off
give someone hell
give someone a dressing-down
give someone a roasting
give someone a rollicking
objurgate
give a rocket
rap over the knuckles
call down
give someone a mouthful
give someone a wigging
give someone what for
give someone a bollocking
tear off a strip
give someone a rating
rap
rag
keelhaul
blast
reprehend
monster
bollock
give someone a caning
ream out
give someone a row
lecture
wig
row
come down on
give someone some stick
send someone away with a flea in their ear
blow up
put on the mat
tear into
rail against
lambast
tongue-lash
rail at
blame
baste
flay
rant at
score
jaw
hammer
condemn
slap on the wrist
denounce
jump on
call on the carpet
check
nag
slate
blow up at
slap someone's wrist
go on at
flame
jump down one's throat
take to the woodshed
chasten
ream
abuse
caution
find fault with
rake over the coals
diss
talk to
monish
rail
vituperate
give a piece of one's mind
yell at
discipline
pummel
US
draw the line
revile
reprobate
attack
give a going over
tell a thing or two
excoriate
lash
rap on knuckles
trounce
rip
pummelled
UK
bring to book
lesson
slap on wrist
light into
speak to
strongly criticize
climb all over
come down hard on
lean on
ferule
sort out
rake over coals
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
accuse
bag
pan
knock
skin
denunciate
zap
oppose
carp on
sound off
go after
fry
jawbone
tear apart
rake
slam
potshot
belabour
UK
rap someone the knuckles
bash
scathe
assail
drag over the coals
belabor
US
trash
criticize severely
lay out
savage
harangue
scorch
give someone a carpeting
eat out
slang
blister
criticize hatefully
tear a strip off
shout at
cuss out
give one hell
jump all over
chew
mete out punishment to
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
tear down
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
visit
call to account
harass
find fault
give a hard time
take down a peg
exprobate
take down
get after
get on
burn one's ears
objurate
lose one's temper with
preach
have someone on the carpet
disparage
bite someone's head off
asperse
give the business
vilify
cavil
recriminate
lay down the law
expostulate
jump down someone's throat
keep after
threap
taunt
adjure
come down on like a ton of bricks
correct
warn
counsel
throw the book at
speak
give someone stick
advise
slag off
pillory
fulminate against
roast
slash
crucify
impugn
denigrate
decry
cut up
rubbish
arraign
rip into
cane
bad-mouth
rollick
malign
deprecate
fault
derogate
sail into
inveigh against
smear
punish
slur
execrate
dispraise
pull apart
rave at
run down
curse
slander
deplore
defame
disapprove
skewer
dis
calumniate
slag
backbite
give someone a bad press
pick holes in
vituperate against
animadvert on
pull to pieces
call over the coals
cast aspersions on
insult
slight
belittle
scourge
minimize
US
discount
libel
sledge
discredit
contemn
proscribe
traduce
persecute
oppress
disapprove of
animadvert
incriminate
besmirch
anathematize
take to pieces
stigmatize
US
remonstrate
frame
hose
minimise
UK
lash out
shellac
ostracize
US
ostracise
UK
pick to pieces
carp at
maul
zing
stigmatise
UK
impeach
pour scorn on
indict
point the finger
give something a bad press
lay at one's door
hit out at
call out
give some stick to
wade into
let fly at
lam into
lash out at
reprimand severely
exprobrate
attask
carp
refute
dishonor
US
twit
dishonour
UK
disgrace
penalize
US
moralise
UK
moralize
US
ridicule
lampoon
nag at
dress-down
cavil at
cudgel
slap
deride
strike
smother
hit
fustigate
lay on
give comeuppance
argue with
assault verbally
whip
beat
nitpick about
offend
pass strictures upon
express disapproval of
reject
disagree with
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
throw brickbats at
criticize harshly
call to task
pile in
lash into
give flak to
scream at
give tongue-lashing
start on
shoot down
start in
have words with
give the devil
have words
bag on
give a bad press to
take on
round on
let fly
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
prosecute
declaim
ride
injure
miscall
vilipend
set upon
rap knuckles
jump on one's case
snap someone's head off
go for the jugular
have your knife in
bring to account
penalise
UK
rank on
give going-over
give piece of mind
show up
declaim against
charge with
be rude to
call names
do a number on
blow off
cut down
swear at
cut to the quick
rile
growl
take disciplinary action against
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
dump on
put on the carpet
give a black eye
trash-talk
tuck into
dig into
assault
take apart
tear to pieces
give a tongue-lashing
cry down
object to
tie into
beat up on
depreciate
bark at
frown on
judge
pronounce
name
adjudge
scorn
rebuff
think wrong
be against
not support
look askance at
discountenance
take exception to
not believe in
declare unfit
send up
put away
object
disfavour
UK
discommend
detract
disfavor
US
negate
remonstrate against
disesteem
express a poor opinion of
be hostile towards
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
inculpate
send up the river
raise an
saddle
impute
finger
look askance
pick apart
pass on
hold accountable
hold responsible
pass the buck
assign fault to
lay a guilt trip on
lay the blame on
consider guilty of
find guilty of
assign guilt to
hold liable
lay a bad trip on
assign liability to
place the blame on
accuse of
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