cut down to size

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cut somebody down to size

to criticize someone who you think is too confident in order to make them feel less confident or less proud When he started he thought he knew everything, but we soon cut him down to size.

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CAPTION(S): STEP ONE: Soak foam, cut down to size and place into bowl, leaving around 2in of foam above container. Orient express; Less is more to make an exotic style statement by Sunday Mail (Glasgow, Scotland) 9 billion in bailout cash last year, is being cut down to size. A GIANT BANK SHRINKS by Harry Maurer & Cristina Lindblad / BusinessWeek The German giants, Group C favourites, were cut down to size by a 3-0 defeat in the Austrian capital in their opening game. HAMBURG'S HIGH FIVE by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			cut a figure cut a fine figure cut a rug cut a swath cut a swath through cut a wide swath cut above cut across cut along cut an [interesting etc.] figure cut and dried cut and paste cut and run cut around cut at cut away cut back cut back to cut both ways cut class cut coat according to cloth cut corners cut dead cut down cut down to cut down to size cut eyes at cut eyeteeth on cut from cut from the same cloth cut in cut into cut it fine cut it out Cut it out! cut loose cut loose from cut losses cut no ice cut no ice with cut nose off to spite face cut off cut off at the pass cut off nose to spite face cut off without a penny cut on cut oneself on cut out cut out for cut out of cut out to be			Cut Cap and Balance Act cut capacity Cut cavendish cut class cut cloth according to means cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut coat according to cloth cut Coat to Suit cloth cut constraint Cut Copy Paste Cut Corner cut corners cut corners cut corners cut corners cut corners cut dead cut dead cut dead cut dead cut dead cut down cut down cut down cut down cut down cut down to cut down to size Cut Down, Annoyed, Guilty and Eye Opener CUT emulation cut eye teeth cut eyes at cut eyeteeth on cut fastball Cut film cut flower Cut flower industry Cut flower industry Cut flowers cut form cut from cut from the same cloth cut glass cut glass cut grass Cut hair Cut Holes and Sink 'em cut in cut in cut in cut in cut in cut in halves cut in two cut into cut into cut into cut it

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