Take down a peg
The crossword clue "Take down a peg" is answered by DEMEAN, a 6-letter entry. Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus.
The answer
DEMEAN
6 letters. See every clue for this answer on the DEMEAN answer page.
Used 12 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2023; first recorded in 2000. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other answers for this clue
The same clue has also been answered these ways in the xd corpus. Answers inside this collection link to their own answer page.
- DEFLATE (4 uses in xd)
- DEGRADE (1 uses in xd)
Other clues for DEMEAN
Every other clue in this collection answered by DEMEAN, most used first.
- Humiliate - used 29 times, most recently in 2026
- Put down - used 25 times, most recently in 2026
- Abase - used 20 times, most recently in 2024
- Belittle - used 12 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower in dignity - used 11 times, most recently in 2011
- Humble - used 10 times, most recently in 2020
- Lower. - used 10 times, most recently in 2018
- Degrade - used 8 times, most recently in 2026
- Lower in status - used 6 times, most recently in 2018
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- Take for granted - ASSUME, used 100 times
- Marked down - ONSALE, used 92 times
- Take turns - ROTATE, used 82 times
- Take into custody - ARREST, used 65 times
- Take offense at - RESENT, used 58 times
- Take a breath - INHALE, used 50 times
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