Meaning

1 senses

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

Examples

1 sentences

  1. I took Tom down a peg.

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Forms

takes down a peg, taking down a peg, took down a peg, taken down a peg
Base formtake down a peg · to take down a peg
3rd person singulartakes down a peg
Present participletaking down a peg
Past simpletook down a peg
Past participletaken down a peg

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytake down a peg
he, she, ittakes down a peg

Past simpleLesson

all personstook down a peg

Present perfectLesson

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

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill take down a peg

Synonyms

1 synonyms
take down a notch

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
tainttajtakeA1takeawayB1takeoffB1takeout

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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