Idiom
take down a notch
Meaning
To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“His arrogance was annoying, so someone finally took him down a notch.”
“The team had been winning every game, but their recent loss took them down a notch.”
“After the manager boasted about his supposed brilliance, the board of directors took him down a notch by questioning his recent financial failures.”
Examples
simple
“His arrogance was annoying, so someone finally took him down a notch.”
contextual
“The team had been winning every game, but their recent loss took them down a notch.”
complex
“After the manager boasted about his supposed brilliance, the board of directors took him down a notch by questioning his recent financial failures.”
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