beat down to size (redirected from knock down to size)

beat someone down to size and 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. It's time someone knocked you down to size. I'll try to be less arrogant. I don't want anyone to beat me down to size.

See also: beat, size