knock smb. off his perch

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    Moxie. ...You are all right, you are! Nothing's going to knock you off your perch IN. Coward). Nadya. I've had a wonderful time in Paris, Krish, all among the people who are just not received in polite society. You see they've nearly all started life high up and been knocked off their perches into the mud (N. Coward)

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    I reckon that he's been knocked off his perch by our form of investigation (D. Clark)