bringing low
Toppling from height
Bringing low means humbling, defeating, or reducing someone from a position of strength or pride.
The phrase suggests toppling what was elevated: The scandal brought low a once-powerful senator.
It can describe physical weakening—illness bringing someone low—or moral and social downfall.
The expression has a biblical, somewhat literary quality.
- knocking down a pegLowering someone's arrogance
- demotionReduction in status
- taking downRecording in writing
- humiliationLoss of dignity
- cutting down to sizeDeflating excessive pride
put in place · abasement · eating humble pie · sinking · decline · mortification · loss of face · public shaming · belittlement · subjugation · dethronement · shame · degradation · marginalization · ostracism · deterioration · deflation · discouragement
bringing lowelevating
Lifting to higher level
exalting · promoting · aggrandizing · glorifying · ennobling
bringing lowuplifting
Emotionally encouraging
encouraging · heartening · inspiring · emboldening · cheering
bringing lowraising
Lifting or nurturing
lifting · elevating · hoisting · picking up · propping up
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