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Meaning of cut someone's comb | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To humiliate someone who is conceited.

Examples

“Ha! ha! I can't help thinking of his swaggering self-importance the first time he came here; and how I cut his comb.”

CEFR level

C1

Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

See also

cut someone's throat cut stick cut swathes cut the baby in half cut the bullshit cut the cheese