trim down to size
verbDefinitions
Synonym of cut down to size.
- If parents try to trim a 7-year-old egoist down to size with sarcastic quips or disparaging comments, they only add to his sense of inferiority and thereby agitate his continued construction of a defensive front.
- I seen him trim Ollie Burdette down to size and run him out of town.
- Someone may have wanted to trim a local dandy down to size.
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