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pull someone down a peg

To lower someone's high self-opinion.
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She longed to pull him down a peg or two.

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Submitted on September 01, 2009

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zieh jemanden runter

vedä joku alas tappista

iemand naar beneden trekken

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pull teethPull out All the Stopspull out all the stopspull punchespull the plugpull teethpull someone's bacon out of the firepull rankpull oneself up by one's bootstrapspull outpull someone's legpull outpull the plugpull out of one's ass

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