The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ABASE which also is the latest solution we found used in USA Today in 2019.
Knock down a peg crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ABASE | 81 % | 5 |
| DEMOTE | 10 % | 6 |
| DEBASE | 10 % | 6 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Knock down a peg
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- take down a peg
- bring down a peg
- pull someone down a peg
- move down a peg
- knock down a notch
- bring down a notch
- pull down a notch
- take down a notch
- dial down a notch
- move down a notch
- knock down to size
- knock someone off their perch
Crossword Answer definitions
ABASE verb- To lower, as in condition in life, office, rank, etc., so as to cause pain or hurt feelings; to degrade, to depress, to humble, to humiliate.
- To lower physically; to depress; to cast or throw down; to stoop.
- To lower in value, in particular by altering the content of alloys in coins; to debase.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ABASE
More clues leading to the result DEMOTE
- Kick downstairs
- Grade down
- Send down the ladder
- Tear a stripe off
- Lower, as rank
- Take down a peg
- Take down a notch
- Take down a peg
- Reduce in rank
- Take away responsiblity