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Dictionary of Idioms/Phrasal Verbs

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look down your nose at someone

1. to think of or treat (someone or something) as unimportant or not worthy of respect

1. The eleventh-graders looked down their noses at us.

2. She looked down her nose at her neighbors.

3. Homeowners often look down on plumbers.

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