If you keep acting so arrogant, someone is going to beat you down to size.
•It's time someone knocked you down to size.
•I'll try to be less arrogant. I don't want anyone to beat me down to size.
Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.
cut down to size — {v. phr.}, {informal} To prove that someone is not as good as he thinks. * /The big boy told John he could beat him, but John was a good boxer and soon cut him down to size./ Syn.: PUT IN ONE S PLACE … Dictionary of American idioms
cut down to size — {v. phr.}, {informal} To prove that someone is not as good as he thinks. * /The big boy told John he could beat him, but John was a good boxer and soon cut him down to size./ Syn.: PUT IN ONE S PLACE … Dictionary of American idioms
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