How do people get a few pegs up after being taken a few pegs down?

Fifteen two, fifteen four, fifteen six, fifteen eight, fifteen ten, twelve, sixteen, four fives is twelve for twenty-eight, and nobs makes twenty-nine. Double skunk, I win win win.

They get even.
Revenge IS a dish best served cold.

I think it can be healthy, to be taken down a peg. But, only if one learns something from it.
I have a nephew, whom I love dearly. But he’s never been punched, in the mouth, for saying something stupid.
Trump apparently hasn’t been either.

How do you take your self, back up? Learn….

By realizing that people are entitled to there opinions but it doesn’t mean that its right?
And one does not have to agree with them.

Pull yourself up by the bootstraps.

Okay, here’s my serious answer.
Wolves have rank within the pack. If one does something wrong, the alpha lets the scamp know the indiscretion is not acceptable. The naughty wolf then mopes around with tail between its legs. It slouches, and when around the alpha, makes every effort to show it is sorry. Eventually alpha shows that he is no longer pissed off, and things go back to normal.

If you have been taken down a peg or two, you need to do like the wolf. Show clear signs that you are sorry. Keep that going until you are forgiven. You might be told verbally that you are forgiven, or it might be a difference you notice in behavior. That does not mean be an ass again. It means you can move forward IF you stay on a good track.

By getting a girlfriend that likes to peg you.

I love you Patty. But I disagree with your statement. @RedDeerGuy1 , is a big, strong, man. He IS an Alpha.
I think he could tell people, when necessary, to back off. Not, in a violent way, unless the situation calls for it. If he’s done something that is wrong, he deserves to be taken down a peg. If he hasn’t, he should stick up for himself.
Alpha wolves, typically, get taken out by the strongest wolf. The Alpha, is eventually challenged by another. Then he’s the one that tucks his tail…
There’s nothing wrong with sticking up for yourself, and you don’t have to be an Alpha, to do that.
In addition, people are not wolves. Tactfully demanding respect, isn’t a bad thing…Tactfully, and without violence…

All that alpha wolf/dominance stuff is based on a debunked study that’s about thirty years old. It’s a fun story, nothing more.

Since when? Source? I still hear of it referred to a lot, and with other animals too.

First proposed in 1944, propagated in ‘81, falsified by the same scientist (David Mech) and a bunch of others in the nineties. Since then, the poor guy has been trying to get the public to listen. He regrets spreading those myths, but can’t do much now.

Sources: 1, 2, 3, and a cartoon.

When I worked at the Veterinary Emergency Hospital, I had two wolves, and a few hybrids, as patients. They aren’t as big, as some breeds, but they are impressive. They look like they weigh more than they do. They’re long, lean, and muscular. I could take one, or two, but probably not more. And I would no doubt, be severely damaged, by just one. I never really trusted them, like any other K9. They have a wild streak. Their teeth, are huge… I wouldn’t want to live in places where they are just roaming…