look down

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Verb

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look down (third-person singular simple present looks down, present participle looking down, simple past and past participle looked down)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see look,‎ down.
    look down someone's shirt
  2. (intransitive) To lower one's eyes; to direct one's look downwards. [from 10th c.]
  3. (transitive) To fix one's gaze upon (someone) until they look away; to stare down. [from 17th c.]
    • 1791, James Boswell, No Abolition of Slavery:
      Thurlow, forbear thy awful frown; / I beg you may not look me down [] .
  4. (intransitive, finance) To decrease in value. [from 19th c.]

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