take someone down a peg or two
• make someone realize that they are less talented or important than they think they are.
• "good to see United taken down a peg or two last evening"
Similar:
humble,
humiliate,
mortify,
bring/take down,
bring low,
demean,
show up,
shame,
put to shame,
make ashamed,
discomfit,
disgrace,
discredit,
downgrade,
debase,
degrade,
devalue,
dishonour,
embarrass,
put someone in their place,
make a fool of,
chasten,
subdue,
get the better of,
have the last laugh on,
abash,
abase,
crush,
squash,
quash,
deflate,
flatten,
make someone eat humble pie,
put down,
settle someone's hash,
cut down to size,
make someone eat crow,
