tear down (someone/something)

to damage or reduce the importance of someone or something.

In the end, she glamorizes the very concept she is trying to tear down.

Many blame the media for tearing heroes down by publicizing their mistakes.

Etymology: based on the literal meaning of tear down (= to cause a structure to fall)

• nothing if not
• nothing if not something
• nothing less than
• nothing less than something
• nothing much
• nothing short of
• nothing short of something
• nothing to do with
• nothing to it
• nothing to sneeze at
• nothing to write home about
• Nothing ventured, nothing gained.
• not hold breath
• not hold liquor
• not hold water
• not hold your breath
• not hold your liquor
• not hurt a fly
• not if can help it
• not if you can help it
• not in a month of Sundays
• not in my wildest dreams
• not in the business of
• not in the business of doing something
• not in the least