bring low
Reduce to nothing
To bring low is to humble, defeat, or reduce someone from a position of strength or status.
The phrase often appears in contexts of moral comeuppance or dramatic reversal of fortune: Pride will bring low even the mightiest.
It can also mean to weaken physically or emotionally: The illness brought her low for weeks.
- mortifyCause severe embarrassment
- deflateRelease air from
- humbleUnassuming about oneself
- abaseTo lower in standing
- take down a pegLower someone's self-importance
take the wind out · put in one's place · level · cut down to size · subjugate · dethrone · cast down · embarrass · drag through the mud · topple · shame · overthrow · prostrate · demoralize · vanquish · demote · depress · degrade
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight