Reverse Dictionary: DEFLATE

PHRASES
1930 — THE CHEERS ARE RUNNING UP MY LEGS! a sarcastic remark used to deflate (esp. senior to junior) importance of local ‘buzz’ (rumour, commendatory report in newspaper, etc.)

VERBS
L16 — LET SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
L16 — TAKE SOMEONE A BUTTONHOLE LOWER to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
L16 — TAKE SOMEONE DOWN to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
L16 — TAKE SOMEONE DOWN A BUTTONHOLE to humiliate someone; to deflate someone → sl.
E20 — EXTRACT THE URINE FROM to take the piss out of someone; to deflate someone, to make someone perform with less boasting and bravado → Brit. military sl.