Last Updated :2025/12/07

pull someone's plumes

Verb
idiomatic obsolete
Japanese Meaning
謙虚にさせる、プライドを打ち砕く / 威厳や誇りをへこませる
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同僚がプロジェクトの成功を自慢し続けたので、彼女は彼の鼻をへし折るために、ほとんど失敗に至っていた見落とされた誤りを明らかにした。

present singular third-person

participle present

participle past

past

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(idiomatic, obsolete) To humble, to puncture the pride of

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pull someone's plumes

When his colleague kept boasting about the project's success, she decided to pull someone's plumes by revealing the overlooked errors that had nearly caused its failure.

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When his colleague kept boasting about the project's success, she decided to pull someone's plumes by revealing the overlooked errors that had nearly caused its failure.

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