dosomeonedown
phrasal verbwithdoverbuk/də//du//duː/us/də//du//duː/did|done
UK
tocriticizesomeone inorderto make themfeelashamedor to make otherpeopleloserespect:
Shefeltthat everyone in themeetingwastryingto do her down.
Stop doingyourselfdown.
Insults & abuse
- affront
- backhanded compliment
- be close to the boneidiom
- belittle
- contumely
- cut (someone) to the quickidiom
- denigration
- dis
- disparagement
- jeer
- left-handed compliment
- mouth
- neg
- negging
- point-scoring
- putsomething/someonedown
- revile
- score points offsomeoneidiom
- slight
- stick