To lower someone's high self-opinion.
- 12 Views
“
She longed to pull him down a peg or two.
Submitted on September 01, 2009
Translation
Find a translation for the pull someone down a peg phrase in other languages:
zieh jemanden runter
vedä joku alas tappista
iemand naar beneden trekken
Select another language:
- - Select -
- 简体中文 (Chinese - Simplified)
- 繁體中文 (Chinese - Traditional)
- Español (Spanish)
- Esperanto (Esperanto)
- 日本語 (Japanese)
- Português (Portuguese)
- Deutsch (German)
- العربية (Arabic)
- Français (French)
- Русский (Russian)
- ಕನ್ನಡ (Kannada)
- 한국어 (Korean)
- עברית (Hebrew)
- Gaeilge (Irish)
- Українська (Ukrainian)
- اردو (Urdu)
- Magyar (Hungarian)
- मानक हिन्दी (Hindi)
- Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Italiano (Italian)
- தமிழ் (Tamil)
- Türkçe (Turkish)
- తెలుగు (Telugu)
- ภาษาไทย (Thai)
- Tiếng Việt (Vietnamese)
- Čeština (Czech)
- Polski (Polish)
- Bahasa Indonesia (Indonesian)
- Românește (Romanian)
- Nederlands (Dutch)
- Ελληνικά (Greek)
- Latinum (Latin)
- Svenska (Swedish)
- Dansk (Danish)
- Suomi (Finnish)
- فارسی (Persian)
- ייִדיש (Yiddish)
- հայերեն (Armenian)
- Norsk (Norwegian)
- English (English)
Nearby phrases
Some more phrases from our dictionary similar to pull someone down a peg
pull the other onepull the other legpull outPull out All the Stopspull someone's bacon out of the firepull the plugpull the other one, it's got brass bell…pull stringspull the plugpull the other one, it's got bells onpull oneself up by one's bootstrapspull out of the hatpull out of the firepull the other one, it's got bells on
How to pronounce this phrase?
Citation
Use the citation below to add this pull someone down a peg definition to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"pull someone down a peg." Phrases.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 21 Dec. 2024. <https://www.phrases.com/phrase/pull-someone-down-a-peg_6257>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this pull someone down a peg phrase with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In