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stoop to

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Verb1.stoop to - make concessions to
patronise, patronize, condescend - treat condescendingly


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Certainly, who hath a state to repair, may not despise small things; and commonly it is less dishonorable, to abridge petty charges, than to stoop to petty gettings.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
"It's not set right; handle's too high; see how he has to stoop to it," said one.
Anna Karenina by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
She would not stoop to admit that she meant to rival Gilbert in schoolwork, because that would have been to acknowledge his existence which Anne persistently ignored; but the rivalry was there and honors fluctuated between them.
Anne Of Green Gables by Montgomery, Lucy Maud View in context
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