bring down to size

verb

Definitions

  1. Synonym of cut down to size.

    • For the comic text there is obviously much to enjoy and celebrate in bringing the male predator down to size even though this is achieved precisely by exaggerating his considerable size.
    • One could almost think that this was a case of arson—where some of the locals felt that shopkeepers were earning too much money and needed to be brought down to size!

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for bring down to size. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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