to knock down a notch or two
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- Fuente de la expresión
- The Free Dictionary
- Estructura completa
- to knock somebody down a notch or two
- Variantes
- to [bring, knock, take] down a [notch, peg] [or two]
- Definición
- To criticise: to publicly report the errors or faults of someone.
- 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.
- Tipo de fuente
- webpage
- Autor
- coldwarrior
- Título de la fuente
- Two IGs to DoJ: We need a criminal probe into Hillary e-mail (comments)
- Año
- 2015
- Web
- http://hotair.com/archives/2015/07/24/two-igs-to-doj-we-need-a-criminal-probe-into-hillary-e-mail/
- Observaciones
- It is not so frequent with the sense of criticising.
The dictionary states that it can also be said “to knock down a notch” without “or two”, although we could not find any example. - Idioma
- English
- Nivel de uso
- Popular/Familiar/Coloquial
- Marca dialectal
- General
- Frecuencia
- Raro