to [bring, knock, take] down a [notch, peg] [or two]
Contexto
And more ammunition supporting the “Vast right-wing conspiracy” gets added to the Hillary plus column…and the LI voters will suck it all in and smirk at anyone who would deign to knock Hills down a notch or two…because, you know, she is Hillary.
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coldwarrior
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Two IGs to DoJ: We need a criminal probe into Hillary e-mail (comments)
It is not so frequent with the sense of criticising.
We did not find examples, but the dictionary states that it can also be said “to knock down a notch” without “or two”.