down to size
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Rupert Mannion is a creature of corrosive spite, lording his recent divorce over his ex-wife throughout Season1 and popping around to cut her back down to size whenever she seems to be doing well.
From Salon • Jun. 12, 2026
One way it is doing that: cutting its Medicare business down to size.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 29, 2025
Can anything fill the void once those injunctions are shrunken down to size?
From Slate • Jun. 27, 2025
Though the deals appear gargantuan, experts say financial realities will cut them down to size.
From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2025
It’s good that somebody has finally cut me down to size, has broken my pride, because I’ve been far too smug.
From "The Diary of a Young Girl" by Anne Frank
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