pull someone down a peg

Verb

Meaning

pull someone down a peg (third-person singular simple present pulls someone down a peg, present participle pulling someone down a peg, simple past and past participle pulled someone down a peg)

Alternative form of take down a notch

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Close letter words and terms

pull short up pull shot pull some strings pull someone over the coals pull someone up pull someone's bacon out of the fire