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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  • at the eleventh hour
  • cock-and-bull story
  • wet blanket
  • lose heart
  • at once
  • seize an opportunity
  • hit the bottle
  • square things up with (someone)
  • no sweat
  • know (something) is coming


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