simple past tense of pull someone down a peg

present participle of pull someone down a peg

Alternative form of tear one's hair out

(informal, idiomatic) To deceive someone.

(idiomatic) To begin an enterprise or recover from a setback without any outside help; to succeed only by one's own efforts or abilities.

(UK, idiomatic, humorous) Expresses disbelief.

Synonym of pull someone's bacon out of the fire (“rescue someone, especially at the last moment”) / To do another person's difficult work.

Alternative form of pull someone's bacon out of the fire

(idiomatic) To rescue someone, especially at the last moment.

(idiomatic) To suddenly remove support from.