fall into disgrace

fall into disgrace

To experience a decline in one's reputation. The CEO fell into disgrace once news of the scandal broke.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

fall into disgrace

to become without honor. The mayor fell into disgrace because of his financial dealings. We fell into disgrace because of our criminal affiliations.
See also: fall
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • be had up (for something)
  • belly up
  • bring (someone) to heel
  • bring someone to heel
  • bring to heel
  • call (someone) to heel
  • be put out to grass
  • big fish
  • a big fish
  • catch a tiger by the tail
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6) A tragedy of hubris involving what Aristotle would call a dramatic "discovery" and resulting in the fall into disgrace of a man of high station, American President Richard Milhouse Nixon.
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Lay, who as founder of the Enron Corporation rose to peaks of influence in business and politics, only to fall into disgrace amid scandal, died early yesterday morning in Aspen, Colo., while awaiting a judge's sentencing this fall that could have sent him to prison for decades.
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