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View definitions for look down on

look down on

verb as in hold in contempt

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The Bernabeu is the most unforgiving arena in the Champions League, its stunning refurbishment complete with five tiers of stands looking down on City's demise.

From BBC

The main tone of the videos is whiny, as the hosts complain endlessly that career federal employees look down on them.

From Salon

"He looked down on everybody as though you shouldn't be there,"

From BBC

“It catches your throat,” said Brian Brantley, the vice president for advancement for the Rose Bowl Legacy Foundation, who lives in a house that looks down on the stadium.

In a time when college athletics has veered far from the teachings of John Wooden, his pupil cherishes the thought that he’s looking down on her with a smile.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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