Sekirov Dictionary

knock someone off their perch

verb1

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To defeat or overcome someone who was in a dominant position.
- Tiger Woods has been knocked off his perch as the No1 player in the world after Vijay Singh beat him in the Deutsche Bank Open last night. — 2004

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