brings low
Reduces to nothing
Brings low means to humble, defeat, or reduce someone from a position of strength or pride.
The phrase suggests causing a fall from high status: The scandal brought low one of the most powerful men in Washington.
It often carries a sense of deserved comeuppance or the leveling of arrogance.
- dethronementRemoval from sovereign power
- fall from graceLoss of status or reputation
- demotionReduction in status
- knocked down a pegHad arrogance reduced
- humiliationLoss of dignity
eat humble pie · cut down to size · vanquish · chastening · taken down · nadir · rock bottom · collapse · ruin · abyss · topple · destruction · subjugation · overthrow · diminishment · downfall · reckoning · plummet
status/position
brings lowelevates
Raises in position
raises up · exalts · promotes · aggrandizes · ennobles
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