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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

To humble or bring someone down from a pedestal

cut down to size

make someone eat crow

make someone eat humble pie

put someone in their place

get the better of

have the last laugh on

take down a peg

cause to lose face

take the wind out of someone's sails

give a black eye

make uncomfortable

make someone feel ashamed

shoot down in flames

put out of countenance

cause to feel small

pop one's balloon

make one feel small

force to eat humble pie

cut to the quick

bring down a peg

put in your place

knock the stuffing out of

let wind out of sails

puncture balloon

kick in the teeth

take the wind out of somebody's sails

drag through the mud

drag through the mire

bring into disrepute

bring shame upon

put in a bad light

give a bad name to

reflect badly on

tar and feather

bring discredit to

give a bad name

do a hatchet job on

rip up and down

blacken the name of

spread scandal about

run smear campaign

lower the status of

show in a bad light

bring dishonour to

cast aspersions on

damage the reputation of

characterize^US

characterise^UK

reflect negatively

reduce the status of

cast in a bad light

harm the reputation of

muddy the reputation of

blacken the reputation of

lower in status

be prejudicial to

drag through mud

drag someone's name through the mud

blacken the character of

tell lies about

reduce to the ranks

kick downstairs

run a smear campaign against

render worthless

put someone to shame

get one's comeuppance

take the wind out

cast a slur upon

find fault with

be untrue to oneself

debase yourself

demean yourself

do discredit to

blemish the reputation of

tarnish the reputation of

be a discredit to

give offence to

raise eyebrows amongst

cause raised eyebrows

cause a few raised eyebrows amongst

become a stain of the escutcheon of

become a blot of the escutcheon of

inveigh against

fulminate against

hold forth against

throw stones at

be a blot on the landscape

put a damper on

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

put someone in their place

haul over the coals

give someone an earful

give someone a telling-off

give someone hell

give someone a dressing-down

give someone a roasting

give someone a rocket

read the riot act

give someone a rollicking

remonstrate with

rap over the knuckles

let someone have it

give someone a mouthful

give someone a wigging

give someone what for

tear off a strip

give someone a rating

give a talking-to

give someone a caning

give someone a row

give someone a bollocking

give someone some stick

send someone away with a flea in their ear

call on the carpet

take to the woodshed

slap on the wrist

bring someone to book

jump down one's throat

take someone to task

find fault with

rake over the coals

give a piece of one's mind

give a going over

tell a thing or two

come down on like a ton of bricks

chew someone out

rap on knuckles

throw the book at

strongly criticize

slap someone on the wrist

come down hard on

rap someone over the knuckles

rake over coals

give someone stick

send someone away with a flea in his

give the dickens

give someone a carpeting

criticize hatefully

tear a strip off

call to account

take somebody to task

give a hard time

take down a peg

burn one's ears

mete out punishment to

criticize strongly

teach someone a lesson

make an example of

have someone on the carpet

lay down the law

rap someone the knuckles

drag over the coals

criticize severely

tick someone off

fulminate against

inveigh against

give someone a bad press

vituperate against

cast aspersions on

call over the coals

point the finger at

give something a bad press

give some stick to

lay at one's door

reprimand severely

criticize harshly

pull someone up

pass strictures upon

tear someone a new one

give someone a dressing down

give someone a telling off

assault verbally

throw brickbats at

give going-over

give tongue-lashing

give somebody a piece of one's mind

give a tongue-lashing

give a bad press to

rap across the knuckles

severely reprimand

give comeuppance

take disciplinary action against

have words with

express disapproval of

give piece of mind

put on the carpet

jump on one's case

bite someone's head off

snap someone's head off

go for the jugular

have your knife in

run something down

declaim against

give an injunction to

give someone a ticking-off

bring to account

have on the carpet

cut to the quick

point finger at

hang something on

blow whistle on

send up the river

give a black eye

call someone names

hold accountable

hold responsible

assign fault to

lay a guilt trip on

lay the blame on

consider guilty of

point a finger at

assign guilt to

lay a bad trip on

point the finger

assign liability to

place the blame on

find unacceptable

look askance at

take exception to

slap someone's wrist

give it to someone

give someone the works

rap someone's knuckles

give a lesson to

punish severely

give a going-over

remonstrate against

express a poor opinion of

be displeased with

be dissatisfied with

be hostile towards

have a poor opinion of

have a problem with

take dim view of

look down your nose at

take a dim view of

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