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pull someone down a peg

pull someone down a peg verb: synonym of take down a notch.

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. Synonym of take down a notch.

Synonyms of pull someone down a peg

Forms of pull someone down a peg

third-person singular presentpulls someone down a peg
present participlepulling someone down a peg
past participlepulled someone down a peg
pastpulled someone down a peg

Questions about pull someone down a peg

What does pull someone down a peg mean?
Pull someone down a peg means synonym of take down a notch.
What part of speech is pull someone down a peg?
Pull someone down a peg is a verb.
What is the past tense of pull someone down a peg?
The past tense of pull someone down a peg is pulled someone down a peg.

Words near pull someone down a peg in the dictionary

  1. pull round
  2. pull short
  3. pull short up
  4. pull shot
  5. pull shots
  6. pull someone down a peg
  7. pull someone off the ceiling
  8. pull someone over the coals
  9. pull someone's bacon out of the fire
  10. pull someone's chain
  11. pull someone's chestnuts out of the fire

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