take down a peg (or two)WRITE DOWN, note down, jot down, set down, record, commit to paper, register, draft, document, minute, pen
[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲
take down a peg{v. phr.}, {informal} To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself.
The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat. [TahlilGaran] English Idioms Dictionary ▲