"cut someone's comb" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: cuts someone's comb [present, singular, third-person], cutting someone's comb [participle, present], cut someone's comb [participle, past], cut someone's comb [past]
Etymology: From the practice of cutting the combs of capons. Head templates: {{en-verb|cut<,,cut> someone's comb}} cut someone's comb (third-person singular simple present cuts someone's comb, present participle cutting someone's comb, simple past and past participle cut someone's comb)
  1. To humiliate someone who is conceited. Synonyms: cut down to size, take down a notch
    Sense id: en-cut_someone's_comb-en-verb-ovcTEYFb Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

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