do sb down
— phrasal verb with do /də/ /du/ /duː/ /duː/ verb (did, done)Definition
› to criticize someone in order to make them feel ashamed or to make other people lose respect for them: She felt that everyone in the meeting was trying to do her down. Stop doing yourself down.Insults and abuseTreating people or animals badly
(Definition of do sb down from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- abuse noun (RUDE SPEECH)
- abuse verb (SPEAK RUDELY)
- affront noun
- affront verb
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat noun
- cheek verb
- hatchet job noun
- insult noun
- insult verb
- make sb look small idiom
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- name-calling noun
- shit noun
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