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| hold on(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| knock about(expel, excommunicate, unfrock) | |
| let down(verb, deplane) | |
| let on(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| marked down(verb, break, bemean) | |
| marking down(verb, break, bemean) | |
| meet with(verb, phrasal verb) | |
| move down(verb, phrasal verb, reduce, downgrade) | |
| prevent completion | |
| put someone in their place(idiom, shame, humiliate, chasten) | |
| rap knuckles(expel, excommunicate, unfrock) | |
| reduce in importance(idiom, transfer, downgrade) | |
| reduce to the ranks(verb, idiom, reduce, downgrade) | |
| roll back(verb, cut, check, reduce) | |
| rough up(expel, excommunicate, unfrock) | |
| ruin completely | |
| scale back(reduce, decrease, slow) | |
| scale down(verb, cut, check, reduce) | |
| shot down(verb, lessen, degenerate, bemean) | |
| slap wrist(expel, excommunicate, unfrock) |
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