down to size
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You had to come in and cut her down to size.
From BBC ● Jul. 2, 2026
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
It took two days for Dad to march into my room and cut me down to size.
From "Dead End in Norvelt" by Jack Gantos
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