stoop to someone's level
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descend/sink/stoop to someone's level — to behave as badly as someone who has treated you wrongly Despite my opponent s personal attacks against me, I refuse to stoop to his level. [=I refuse to behave as badly as he has by attacking him personally] • • • Main Entry: ↑level … Useful english dictionary
descend to someone's level — stoop/descend/to someone’s level phrase to behave in the same bad way that someone else is behaving Thesaurus: to treat someone in the same bad way they treat yousynonym Main entry: level … Useful english dictionary
stoop to something — stoop to (something) to do something that makes your moral standards lower. They have stooped to using threats of violence in order to get their way. Usage notes: often used in the forms stoop to someone s level or stoop to the level of dong… … New idioms dictionary
stoop to — (something) to do something that makes your moral standards lower. They have stooped to using threats of violence in order to get their way. Usage notes: often used in the forms stoop to someone s level or stoop to the level of dong something:… … New idioms dictionary
level — lev|el1 [ levl ] noun *** ▸ 1 amount ▸ 2 standard/status ▸ 3 part/stage of system ▸ 4 floor in building ▸ 5 for checking if flat ▸ 6 particular height ▸ 7 way of understanding something ▸ + PHRASES 1. ) count the amount of something, especially… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
level — I UK [ˈlev(ə)l] / US noun Word forms level : singular level plural levels *** 1) [countable] the amount of something, especially when it can be counted or measured Unemployment is now at its lowest level for 15 years. level of: The level of… … English dictionary
descend to — des ˈcend to [transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they descend to he/she/it descends to present participle descending to past tense descended to … Useful english dictionary
Kallen Kōzuki — Infobox animanga character color = #000 color text = #FFF name = Kallen Kōzuki series = Code Geass caption = Kallen Kōzuki first = last = creator = voiced by = Japanese Ami Koshimizu English Karen Strassman nickname = alias = Kallen Stadtfeld Red … Wikipedia
Regional vocabularies of American English — vary. Below is a list of lexical differences in vocabulary that are generally associated with a region. A term featured on a list may or may not be found throughout the region concerned, and may or may be not recognized by speakers outside of… … Wikipedia
low — low1 [ lou ] adjective *** ▸ 1 small in height ▸ 2 small in amount ▸ 3 unhappy, lacking energy ▸ 4 voice/sound: quiet/deep ▸ 5 unfair/dishonest ▸ 6 about clothes 1. ) small in height or smaller than the usual height: a low wall/bridge/building a… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
