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Rpsh Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary
take myself down a peg
I found this phrase in the speech of Obama. He said 'they suggested that I should start with some jokes at my expense, just take myself down a peg'. Could you tell me what it means?
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To take down a peg means to take something from a higher state to a lower state - usually from a state that's too high to an acceptable one. In this case the suggestion would be to make the president seem ordinary, human and approachable, not high up. d
- To take down a peg means to take something from a higher state to a lower state - usually from a state that's too high to an acceptable one.
- In this case the suggestion would be to make the president seem ordinary, human and approachable, not high up.
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To take down a peg means to take something from a higher state to a lower state - usually from a state that's too high to an acceptable one. In this case the suggestion would be to make the president seem ordinary, human and approachable, not high up. d
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