Meaning of “turn your nose up at something” in the English Dictionary

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turn your nose up at something

› to refuse to accept something because you feel that it is not good enough for you:

She turned up her nose at the job because she didn’t think it had enough status.

(Definition of “turn your nose up at something” from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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