DO DOWN meaning: Criticize or belittle someone unfairly - OneLook

Usually means: Criticize or belittle someone unfairly.

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▸ verb: (idiomatic) To belittle or intimidate

Similar:

put down, cut down, down, get down, pull someone down a peg, talk down to, bring down, bring low, bring down to size, move down a peg, more...

Opposite:

elevate, uplift, promote

Phrases:

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, more...

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Similar:

put down, cut down, down, get down, pull someone down a peg, talk down to, bring down, bring low, bring down to size, move down a peg, more...

Opposite:

elevate, uplift, promote

Phrases:

I Do Not Care If We Go Down in History as Barbarians, more...

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