look down upon

look down upon

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

1. (idiomatic) Alternative form of look down on
   • 1922, Margery Williams, The Velveteen Rabbit:

     The mechanical toys were very superior, and looked down upon every one else; they were full of modern ideas, and pretended they were real.