take down a notch (English, verb)
expansion: take down a notch (third-person singular simple present takes down a notch, present participle taking down a notch, simple past took down a notch, past participle taken down a notch)
Senses:
glosses: To cause a person's or group's self-esteem or importance to be decreased.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
raw_tags: of a person or organization
glosses: To cause the quantity, degree, or intensity of something to be decreased.
tags: idiomatic
transitive
raw_tags: of a thing
Forms:
form: takes down a notch
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: taking down a notch
tags: participle
present
form: took down a notch
tags: past
form: taken down a notch
tags: participle
past