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| take down (с кого-либо); cut the comb; take the frills out; take the starch out of (someone); с кого-либо Anglophile); make someone sing small (с кого-либо Anglophile); cut someone down to size (Anglophile); take someone down a peg (Anglophile); deflate someone's conceit (с кого-н. Anglophile); tone down (с кого-либо; He made that arrogant fellow tone down. Helene2008); bring someone down a peg (Aly19); cut the comb of; cut someone down to size; deflate; knock the stuffing (out of someone – с кого-либо Anglophile); humble (SirReal); take the shine out of a man | |||
| curb; hold at bay; take somebody down a peg or two; take somebody down a peg | |||
| shoot down | |||
| sit upon | |||
| let the sawdust out of someone (с кого-либо) | |||
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| take the starch out of (someone) | |||
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| hamper someone's vanity | |||
| сбить спесь: 56 phrases in 6 subjects |
| American usage, not spelling | 3 |
| General | 30 |
| Informal | 1 |
| Makarov | 18 |
| Proverb | 2 |
| Slang | 2 |