Look down on

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Phrasal verb: Look down on

Spanish translation: mirar hacia abajo, desdeñar, despreciar, menospreciar

Definition: To look down on means to see someone as inferior or not as important.

Used in sentences:

1. Workers always sense when their manager looks down on them.

2. You shouldn’t look down on people because they are poor.

3. Some people look down on themselves because they are insecure.

Related words or phrases: disdain, scorn, spurn, disparage, regard with contempt

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