knock (someone) off his/her pedestal

: to strike something with a sharp blow

: to collide with something

: bustle

: a sharp blow : rap, hit

: a severe misfortune or hardship

: setback, reversal

: some person : somebody

: from a place or position

: at a distance in space or time

: from a course : aside

used as a function word to indicate physical separation or distance from a position of rest, attachment, or union

: to seaward of

: from the possession or charge of

: seaward

: right

: more removed or distant

: to go away : depart

: kill, murder

: competition : contest

: of or relating to her or herself especially as possessor, agent, or object of an action — compare ¹she

: objective case of she

: the support or foot of a late classic or neoclassical column — see column illustration

: the base of an upright structure

: base, foundation

: to place on or furnish with a pedestal