to look down on sb
1Look-down/shoot-down — is a capability a radar system is said to possess if it is able to detect, track and lock a target moving below the horizon as seen by the radar. Look down/shoot down capability is an essential feature of modern airborne military radar systems.… …
2look down your nose at — informal phrase to think that you are better or more important than someone, or to think that something is not good enough for you Thesaurus: to not value something or someonesynonym Main entry: look * * * look down your nose at : to think of or… …
3look down one's nose at — To regard with contempt • • • Main Entry: ↑look look down one s nose at To look at in a supercilious or condescending way • • • Main Entry: ↑nose * * * another way of saying look down on …
4look-down — type of sea fish, 1882, from LOOK (Cf. look) (v.) + DOWN (Cf. down) (adv.). So called from facial structure …
5look down on — ► look down on (also look down one s nose at) regard with a feeling of superiority. Main Entry: ↑look …
6look down one's nose at — ► look down on (also look down one s nose at) regard with a feeling of superiority. Main Entry: ↑look …
7look down on someone — look down on (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. “A lot of people look down on us because we re homeless,” she says …
8look down on something — look down on (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. “A lot of people look down on us because we re homeless,” she says …
9look down on — (someone/something) to consider someone or something as not important or of value. “A lot of people look down on us because we re homeless,” she says …
10look down your nose at somebody — look down your ˈnose at sb/sth idiom (informal, especially BrE) to behave in a way that suggests that you think that you are better than sb or that sth is not good enough for you Syn: look down on Main entry: ↑ …
