notch Idiome
a notch below
notch below
slip a notch
take down a notch (peg)
top-notch
notch up
The gunman notched up five victims on the handle of his gun．枪手在自己的枪柄上刻上5个受害者的记号。
2．achieve；gain取得
Our teams have notched up a number of wins in the tournament．我们的运动队在这次联赛中频频获胜。
He has notched up quite a few triumphs lately．他最近取得了好几项成就。
take sb down a notch or two
Idiom(s): take someone down a peg (or two) AND take someone down a notch (or two)Theme: SCOLDING
to reprimand someone who is acting too arrogant.
• The teacher's scolding took Bob down a notch or two.
• He was so rude that someone was bound to take him down a peg or two.
Notch on your belt
A success or achievement that might help you in the future is a notch on your belt.Top notch
If something is top notch, it's excellent, of the highest quality or standard.take down a notch|notch|peg|take|take down|take do
v. phr., informal To make (someone) less proud or sure of himself. The team was feeling proud of its record, but last week the boys were taken down a peg by a bad defeat.notch
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take down a notch
take down a notchAlso, take down a peg. Deflate or humble someone, as in He's so arrogant that I wish someone would take him down a notch, or That defeat took them down a peg. Both notch and peg in this idiom allude to a series, the former of indentations, the latter of knobs, used to raise or lower something. Specifically, peg alludes to the pegs used to lower a ship's colors. Their figurative use dates from the second half of the 1600s. Also see cut down, def. 4.
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