- look down on someone
- look down on (someone/something)
to consider someone or something as not important or of value.
“A lot of people look down on us because we're homeless,” she says.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
look down on someone
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look down on something — look down on (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. “A lot of people look down on us because we re homeless,” she says … New idioms dictionary
look down on — (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. “A lot of people look down on us because we re homeless,” she says … New idioms dictionary
look down on — verb regard with contempt the new neighbor looks down on us because our house is very modest • Ant: ↑admire • Hypernyms: ↑contemn, ↑despise, ↑scorn, ↑disdain • Verb Frames … Useful english dictionary
look down on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms look down on : present tense I/you/we/they look down on he/she/it looks down on present participle looking down on past tense looked down on past participle looked down on look down on someone/something to… … English dictionary
look down on — PHRASAL VERB To look down on someone means to consider that person to be inferior or unimportant, usually when this is not true. [V P P n] I wasn t successful, so they looked down on me … English dictionary
look down your nose at — informal phrase to think that you are better or more important than someone, or to think that something is not good enough for you Thesaurus: to not value something or someonesynonym Main entry: look * * * look down your nose at : to think of or… … Useful english dictionary
look down (your) nose at someone — look down (your) nose at (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers … New idioms dictionary
look down (your) nose at someone — look down (your) nose at (something/someone) informal to think that someone is less important than you or that something is not good enough for you. I always felt that she looked down her nose at us because we spoke with strong accents and hadn t … New idioms dictionary
look down (your) nose at something — look down (your) nose at (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers … New idioms dictionary
look down (your) nose at — (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. The regular staff looked down their noses at us freelancers … New idioms dictionary
