Meaning

1 senses
  1. (idiomatic)Synonym of take down a notch.

Forms

knocks down a peg, knocking down a peg, knocked down a peg, knocked down a peg
Base formknock down a peg · to knock down a peg
3rd person singularknocks down a peg
Present participleknocking down a peg
Past simpleknocked down a peg
Past participleknocked down a peg

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyknock down a peg
he, she, itknocks down a peg

Past simpleLesson

all personsknocked down a peg

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave knocked down a peg
he, she, ithas knocked down a peg

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill knock down a peg

Synonyms

1 synonyms

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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