frown upon
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frown upon (third-person singular simple present frowns upon, present participle frowning upon, simple past and past participle frowned upon)
- (transitive) To disapprove of.
- Baiting fish is not illegal in this state, but strongly frowned upon.
- 1962 September, Warren Smith, “The problems of coaching stock rostering and operation”, in Modern Railways, page 193:
- Regular passengers become familiar with their train and attempts to change its make-up or any other aspect of its working are more often than not frowned upon, even though the change is probably for the better.
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facial expression
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