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It's often a symbol of freedom, for it permits the common man to speak freely of his leaders; it helps him cut them down to size.

"Fluff's finally cut down to size, " the others joked. "Now she knows that she's no better than the rest of us. "

B: Maybe I should tell them about him cheating on that last Chemistry test. That'd really cut him down to size.

Inflation is rampant, and the mighty bolivar may have to be brought down to size, in other words, devalued again.

He thought he was the brightest student in the class, but the teacher soon cut him down to size.

We often give our fears far too much power by perceiving them to be much bigger than they really are, so shrink them down to size.

Translate the following sentence into Chinese, 'But it's a real person who can give you power to focus on whittling a problem down to size.

Nevertheless, it does seem that firms often become leading lights of the industry only to be brought down to size.

Some of these so-called experts really need cutting down to size.

This technique serves to cut these gargantuan structures down to size, by deconstructing their status in contemporary Chinese society.

He was the NBA's first dominant big man, but life literally cut him down to size.

Oversized financial conglomerates should be cut down to size and forced to spin off assets.

Even before he became president, Mr Obama vowed to cut the lobbyists down to size.

Either a failure to diversify, or merely a failure to protect against inflation, can bring a family's wealth back down to size.

Following the lead of small, stylish settlements elsewhere, it wants to cut new buildings down to size.

Nothing brings your troubles down to size more quickly than sharing your concerns with someone else.

Hence the talk of cutting the group down to size again, with a G13: the G8 plus China, India, South Africa, Brazil and Mexico.

Even as big data gets bigger, IBM InfoSphere tools help data professionals cut it down to size.

Let me cut him down to size. 38. People aren't what they seem.

The ultimate goal, their thinking goes, is to cut Turkey down to size.

Let me cut him down to size.

British sculptor has brought US resident Barack Obama down to size.

Let me cut him down to size. 8. He insulted me.

The threats posed by belly fat can be cut down to size.

One technique that you can use to cut a big task down to size is the "Salami slice" method of getting work done.

Large goals such as these might seem daunting, especially if you've tried to chisel them down to size with no luck.

Celebrating mistakes cuts the problem down to size.

Much of Boeing's case against the KC-30 comes down to size.

If the City is cut down to size, so be it, say some.

I am sure I heard the politicians say they would be cut down to size.

On the left, some want banks cut down to size.

Do the big global banks need to be cut down to size?

Chrysler was too big, so we cut it down to size.

he is too cocky . let ' s cut him down to size.

Cut them down to size!

Therefore we have a right to cut the City down to size if we want to.

The Republicans took control of the legislature last year amid much tea-partyish talk about cutting government down to size.

When your love has cut you down to size

keep sth. down to size

Jane is too conceited. I think the new boss will cut her down to size. Jane