To humble or humiliate, especially someone or something that is perceived as overly domineering or too proud.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see cut, down, size.
To make humble or lowly; to make less proud or arrogant; to make meek and submissive.
To defeat or reduce the power, independence, or pride of
Not pretentious or magnificent; unpretending; unassuming.
Having a low opinion of oneself; not proud, arrogant, or assuming; modest.
An arrest based on weak evidence intended to demean or punish the subject.