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What is another word for
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
foul
lower
cheapen
own
sink
snub
shoot down
smirch
take down a peg
chagrin
cow
smear
cause to lose face
belittle
settle someone's hash
defile
reduce
take the wind out of your sails
ridicule
tear down
break
bemean
blot
disconcert
denigrate
give a black eye
cast down
reproach
make uncomfortable
make someone feel ashamed
floor
put out of countenance
rip
confound
run down
confuse
slam
play down
pan
discountenance
cause to feel small
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
discipline
curb
afflict
restrain
check
repress
soften
put in one's place
tame
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
calumniate
traduce
soil
spoil
decry
damage
asperse
censure
bring discredit to
bad-mouth
blemish
knock
rubbish
befoul
give a bad name
slag off
do a hatchet job on
speak ill of
blotch
poison
breathe on
attack
corrupt
muckrake
sling mud at
fling mud at
do a number on
bring shame to
cast a slur on
assail
rip up and down
detract
drag down
pervert
debauch
diminish
brand
vitiate
undermine
spread scandal about
run smear campaign
depreciate
prostitute
subvert
warp
blacken the name of
show in a bad light
mar
demoralize
US
deprave
deteriorate
lessen
insult
pollute
blight
demoralise
UK
harm
hurt
dirty
profane
canker
expose
smudge
mark
bastardize
US
contaminate
denounce
daub
offend
undervalue
spatter
bastardise
UK
scorch
ruin
roast
compromise
prejudice
detract from
vilipend
cast aspersions on
deprecate
bring dishonour to
displease
tar
condemn
lower the status of
damage the reputation of
poor-mouth
revile
label
condescend
stoop
deign
muddy
mudsling
weaken
minimize
US
begrime
grime
brutalize
US
pillory
characterize
US
annoy
descend
scorn
slight
brutalise
UK
splash
discolour
UK
vex
impair
class
classify
minimise
UK
splatter
back-bite
muck
gaum
mire
distain
bemire
contemn
demolish
pooh-pooh
horrify
appal
UK
dis
get dirty
disfigure
speak evil of
characterise
UK
blackguard
affront
dump on
cast a slur
deface
dismiss
mark out
despoil
trash
belie
make filthy
make dirty
get filthy
reflect negatively
discolor
US
take apart
appall
US
pour scorn on
criticise
UK
mess up
waste
cast in a bad light
make lose face
take to pieces
harm the reputation of
muddy the reputation of
ravage
criticize
US
blacken the reputation of
depress
adulterate
crawl
badmouth
bedaub
distort
subjugate
dilute
disconsider
disoblige
influence
despise
bestialize
infect
misrepresent
touch
darken
anoint
betray
mongrelize
sling mud
impugn
be prejudicial to
reduce the status of
lower in rank
slag
gossip about
vituperate
drag through mud
drag someone's name through the mud
sell out
disappoint
deform
lower in status
let down
be untrue to oneself
beat down
lie about
blacken the character of
villainize
throw mud at
abandon one's principles
stamp
designate
tag
tell lies about
relegate
blot your copybook
faze
fluster
rattle
nonplus
run a smear campaign against
crumb
bedraggle
maculate
mess
muss
make mucky
muss up
muck up
succumb
disesteem
cloud
take to bits
cast slur on
put zingers on
underestimate
get one's comeuppance
take the wind out
harass
declass
worry
desensitize
US
dehumanize
US
underrate
do discredit to
cast a slur upon
shock
outrage
disgust
dehumanise
UK
desensitise
UK
trivialize
US
bump
set back
revert
lower oneself
debase oneself
be reduced to
debase yourself
lower yourself
be reduced
demean oneself
perturb
disdain
treat lightly
ruin the reputation of
bring into disfavour
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
discompose
damage someone's reputation
destroy someone's credibility
cut down
scoff at
make light of
discount
trash-talk
diss
cry down
do down
sneer at
slate
sicken
repel
revolt
nauseate
minify
sell short
misprize
tinge
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
become a stain of the escutcheon of
become a blot of the escutcheon of
irk
backbite
give offence to
raise eyebrows amongst
blackball
cause raised eyebrows
lampoon
cause a few raised eyebrows amongst
irritate
miff
zing
disquiet
chop
insinuate
push
cap
peeve
dissatisfy
categorize
US
skin alive
blow off
cut up
identify
describe
slap in the face
hit where one lives
wreck
scar
call
categorise
UK
name
flaw
total
blow
undo
bloody
crab
cripple
endamage
crool
disfeature
label negatively
accuse of being
cross up
make useless
be a blot on the landscape
devastate
plunder
screw up
depredate
sack
pillage
smash
put a damper on
desolate
spoliate
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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
censure
castigate
reprove
lambaste
chastise
criticize
US
dress down
carpet
bawl out
haul over the coals
lay into
read the riot act
let someone have it
chew out
criticise
UK
pull up
remonstrate with
rate
lace into
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
reprehend
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
blast
rag
keelhaul
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
lambast
rail against
tongue-lash
rail at
blame
flay
baste
rant at
hammer
score
jaw
condemn
slap on the wrist
denounce
chasten
jump on
call on the carpet
check
discipline
nag
slate
blow up at
slap someone's wrist
go on at
flame
jump down one's throat
take to the woodshed
ream
abuse
correct
pummel
US
caution
bring to book
pummelled
UK
find fault with
rake over the coals
diss
talk to
monish
rail
vituperate
lean on
give a piece of one's mind
attack
excoriate
yell at
draw the line
scorch
revile
reprobate
give a going over
tell a thing or two
come down on like a ton of bricks
lash
rap on knuckles
trounce
blister
rip
lesson
slap on wrist
light into
speak to
throw the book at
strongly criticize
climb all over
come down hard on
visit
rake over coals
lower the boom
send someone away with a flea in his
give the dickens
adjure
warn
counsel
speak
give someone stick
advise
accuse
bag
pan
knock
skin
denunciate
zap
oppose
carp on
sound off
go after
fry
jawbone
tear apart
rake
mete out punishment to
criticize strongly
be hard on
rag on
tear down
teach a lesson
make an example of
pick on
harangue
give someone a carpeting
eat out
slang
criticize hatefully
tear a strip off
shout at
cuss out
give one hell
jump all over
chew
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
penalise
UK
slam
potshot
scourge
belabour
UK
cane
thrash
rap someone the knuckles
bash
punish
scathe
flog
assail
scarify
penalize
US
drag over the coals
belabor
US
whip
beat
trash
criticize severely
lay out
drub
savage
objurate
preach
have someone on the carpet
disparage
asperse
give the business
vilify
cavil
recriminate
lay down the law
expostulate
keep after
threap
taunt
jack up
glue
sit on
forewarn
ding
notice
growl
hoist
recompense
spank
skelp
ferule
slag off
pillory
roast
arraign
slash
fulminate against
denigrate
deprecate
crucify
fault
rubbish
slag
cut up
rip into
dispraise
dis
bad-mouth
malign
pull apart
impugn
skewer
inveigh against
rave at
run down
cast aspersions on
deal with
pull to pieces
rollick
disapprove
rap knuckles
decry
carp at
besmirch
slur
discredit
incriminate
judge
execrate
pour scorn on
maul
indict
sentence
hit out at
derogate
call over the coals
give some stick to
animadvert on
impeach
give a lesson to
crack down on
remonstrate
scorn
defame
cavil at
disapprove of
deplore
give someone a bad press
proscribe
ostracise
UK
ostracize
US
anathematize
nitpick about
throw brickbats at
give flak to
pick holes in
hit
frame
sledge
give a bad press to
clobber
slug
prosecute
vituperate against
point the finger at
inculpate
get angry with
give something a bad press
pick to pieces
cut down
lay at one's door
give it to someone
give someone the works
skin alive
wade into
fine
let fly at
try
lam into
give something a going-over
nag at
sort out
exprobrate
attask
moralise
UK
moralize
US
harsh
rank on
give going-over
take disciplinary action against
dress-down
smear
cudgel
slap
deride
shellac
strike
smother
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
disgrace
complain
protest
reject
have words
tear to pieces
take apart
give piece of mind
rap across the knuckles
severely reprimand
give tongue-lashing
strafe
lash out at
have words with
tear someone a new one
give someone a dressing down
give someone a telling off
lay on
give comeuppance
put on the carpet
lash into
give a tongue-lashing
express disapproval of
take to pieces
sail into
stigmatize
US
declaim
call to task
set upon
stigmatise
UK
ground
criticize harshly
backbite
contemn
animadvert
rebuff
give the devil
show up
declaim against
charge with
bring to account
have your knife in
read out
look askance
pick apart
afflict
repress
soften
suppress
subjugate
give an injunction to
give someone a ticking-off
argue with
pronounce
depreciate
belittle
name
adjudge
charge
tuck into
dig into
assault
have a word with
talk with
send up
put away
point finger at
hang something on
blow whistle on
thumbs down on
pin it on
take issue with
fustigate
carp
send up the river
fluff
slog
make a protest to
complain about
bag on
do a number on
pass strictures upon
pick at
nit-pick
give bad press
throw shade
cut to bits
criminate
scapegoat
bring a charge against
hold at fault
bring a case against
lay charges against
bring someone to trial
prefer charges against
put on trial
have the law on
tax
bring charges against
take to court
mistreat
murder
wallop
get
thump
scalp
misuse
hurt
harm
injure
oppress
batter
handicap
manhandle
saddle
impute
knock about
cuff
train
incarcerate
defrock
rough up
dismiss
beat up
do in
immure
switch
execute
punish severely
debar
expel
blacklist
drop on
fix someone's wagon
attend to
have someone's guts for garters
exile
paddle
finger
whip someone's hide
tan someone's hide
amerce
hit with
mulct
impose penalty
imprison
dock
award a penalty against
exact a penalty from
impose a penalty on
put at disadvantage
inflict a penalty on
impose a sentence on
slap with
inflict handicap
hold accountable
hold responsible
pass the buck
assign fault to
lay a guilt trip on
lay the blame on
consider guilty of
point a finger at
find guilty of
assign guilt to
hold liable
lay a bad trip on
point the finger
assign liability to
place the blame on
accuse of
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