LOOK DOWN ON (SOMETHING/SOMEBODY)


Meaning of LOOK DOWN ON (SOMETHING/SOMEBODY) in English

look down on something/somebody phrasal verb ( see also ↑ look )

to think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are:

Mr Garcia looks down on anyone who hasn’t had a college education.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English.      Longman - Словарь современного английского языка.