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look down on sb
(also look down your nose at sb) — phrasal verb with look /lʊk/ verbDefinition
1. Definition
2. Practise
B2 to think that you are better than someone: She thinks they look down on her because she didn't go to university.Treating as unimportantNeglecting and ignoringNot paying attention
(Definition of look down on sb from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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