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Definition of look down a person's nose at

look down (one's) nose at

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Other terms relating to 'at':

Definitions include: of a male, to urinate.
Definitions include: "at your".
Definitions include: in disagreement with.
Definitions include: acronym for "ass-to-mouth", i.e. a sex act in which anal sex is immediately followed by fellatio or cunnilingus.
Definitions include: extremely aggravated.
Definitions include: with heavy usage.
Definitions include: at any moment; without persuasion
Definitions include: unable to tolerate any more.
Definitions include: exclamation useful when the conversation is going off tangent.
Definitions include: and the same to you.
Definitions include: to vomit outdoors.
Definitions include: to get rid of before entering a venue.
Definitions include: to be eager.
Definitions include: to measure.
Definitions include: to be aggressive towards.

Other terms relating to 'down':

Definitions include: to prepare for hardship.
Definitions include: a fight or severe beating.
Definitions include: It means having to beat someone up.
Definitions include: to back down from a situation.
Definitions include: to vomit into a toilet.
Definitions include: also "bow down to the white porcelain god."
Definitions include: to sadden one.
Definitions include: to greatly impress a crowd.
Definitions include: unattractive.
Definitions include: a person who has oral sex and intercourse with multiple people.
Definitions include: to knuckle down; to submit to; to melt down; to be unable to take the heat; to give in.
Definitions include: overly formal, conservative.
Definitions include: to eat.
Definitions include: to give someone oral sex.
Definitions include: to stop being angry.

Other terms relating to 'look':

Definitions include: acronym for "do I look like I give a shit."
Definitions include: an angered glance.
Definitions include: acronym for "funny looking kid", an insult used by doctors in the UK on medical charts.
Definitions include: acronym for "good looking mum", used on medical charts by doctors in the UK.
Definitions include: "Thank you."
Definitions include: to examine.
Definitions include: acronym for "looking for".
Definitions include: acronym for "looks good to me".
Definitions include: to judge a gift harshly.
Definitions include: to be alert.
Definitions include: the general appearance of software or a website.
Definitions include: don't look at me like that.
Definitions include: look at everything.
Definitions include: an attractive person.
Definitions include: "look".

Other terms relating to 'nose':

Definitions include: to fawn over a superior; "suck up".
Definitions include: a person who adopts an overtly friendly attitude towards those in authority in hopes of gaining a more favorable position in the workplace.
Definitions include: to annoy or irritate someone
Definitions include: tough.
Definitions include: to have a look
Definitions include: See nose to the grindstone.
Definitions include: to look around; investigate.
Definitions include: to look around; investigate.
Definitions include: seats in a venue far from the stage.
Definitions include: seats that are high up in a venue, away from the central attraction.
Definitions include: cocaine.
Definitions include: to fail.
Definitions include: cosmetic surgery on the nose.
Definitions include: a metaphorical position which implies hard work.
Definitions include: to pay too much money.

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