| be reduced to(verb, lower, debase, succumb) |
| bring down a peg(expression, idiom, shame, humiliate, chasten) |
| condescend(verb, disgrace, belittle) |
| cut down(verb, expression, reduce, destroy, damage) |
| damage(verb, reduce, destroy, lower, worsen) |
| deign(verb, disgrace, belittle, condescend) |
| destroy(verb, reduce, damage, lower, worsen) |
| detract from(verb, expression, demote) |
| devalorize(verb, demote) |
| disrate(verb, demote) |
| force to eat humble pie(expression, idiom, shame, humiliate, chasten) |
| kick downstairs(verb, expression, demote) |
| mark down(verb, expression, demote) |
| marked down(verb, expression, demote) |
| marking down(verb, expression, demote) |
| put someone in their place(expression, idiom, shame, humiliate, chasten) |
| shot down(verb, expression, shame, disgrace, degrade) |
| show up(verb, expression, shame, disgrace, demean) |
| succumb(verb, lower, debase) |
| worsen(verb, reduce, destroy, damage, lower) |