look down upon
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Verb
- (idiomatic) Alternative form of look down on
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit
- The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real.
- 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit