Idioms

cut (someone) down to size
to prove that someone is not as good as he or she thinks
I cut my colleague down to size when I criticized what he said at the meeting.

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  • cut (someone) in or cut in (someone)
  • cut (someone) off or cut off (someone)
  • cut (someone) to the quick
  • cut a fine figure
  • cut a wide swath
  • cut across
  • cut and run
  • cut back on (something)
  • cut both ways
  • cut class
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  • hit (someone) below the belt
  • fall on deaf ears
  • leave (something) on or leave on (something)
  • pull down (something) or pull (something) down
  • make a check out (to someone)
  • slap (someone or something) down or slap down (someone or something)
  • under the sun
  • outguess (someone)
  • ten-four
  • upset the applecart


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