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look down

1. (intr, adverb; foll by on or upon) to express or show contempt or disdain (for)

look down one's nose at Informal to be contemptuous or disdainful of

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vi → hinunter-/heruntersehen or -schauen (dial) → or -gucken (inf); we looked down the hole → wir sahen etc ins Loch hinunter; look down on the valley below → sieh etc ins Tal hinunter

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