take down a notch
take down a notch or take down a peg {v. phr.}, {informal}
To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself.
The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.
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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms
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