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pulled someone down a peg

pulled someone down a peg is the simple past of pull someone down a peg.

Meaning of pull someone down a peg

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.

Questions about pulled someone down a peg

What is pulled someone down a peg the simple past of?
Pulled someone down a peg is the simple past of pull someone down a peg.

Words near pulled someone down a peg in the dictionary

  1. pulled punches
  2. pulled rank
  3. pulled round
  4. pulled short
  5. pulled short up
  6. pulled someone down a peg
  7. pulled someone over the coals
  8. pulled someone's bacon out of the fire
  9. pulled someone's chestnuts out of the fire
  10. pulled someone's fat out of the fire
  11. pulled someone's leg

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