BEAT SOMEONE DOWN TO SIZE

beat someone down to size: translation

beat someone down to size & knock someone down to size

Fig. to make a person more humble, sometime by actual physical beating. •

If you keep acting so arrogant, someone is going to beat you down to size.

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It's time someone knocked you down to size.

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I'll try to be less arrogant. I don't want anyone to beat me down to size.