cut down to size
cut down to size {v. phr.}, {informal}
To prove that someone is not as good as he thinks.
The big boy told John he could beat him, but John was a good boxer and soon cut him down to size.
Syn.: PUT IN ONE'S PLACE.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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