frown on

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frown on (third-person singular simple present frowns on, present participle frowning on, simple past and past participle frowned on)

  1. (figurative) To disapprove of (something or someone, often a behavior); to express disapproval of (something or someone).
    Coach frowns on smoking, even in the off-season.
    • 1948 January and February, “British Railways”, in Railway Magazine, page 2:
      The three "Greats" (Great Eastern, Great Central, and Great Northern) were prepared to amalgamate, but Parliament continued to frown on such proposals.
    • 2018, Sally Rooney, “Two Days Later (April 2011)”, in Normal People:
      Is it because of her mother? said Lorraine. You think she'd frown on you?