"pull someone down a peg" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: pulls someone down a peg [present, singular, third-person], pulling someone down a peg [participle, present], pulled someone down a peg [participle, past], pulled someone down a peg [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} pull someone down a peg (third-person singular simple present pulls someone down a peg, present participle pulling someone down a peg, simple past and past participle pulled someone down a peg)
  1. Alternative form of take down a notch Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: take down a notch
    Sense id: en-pull_someone_down_a_peg-en-verb-w-V-mTAC Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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