look down on something/somebody
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishlook down on something/somebody phrasal verbPROUDto think that you are better than someone else, for example because you are more successful, or of a higher social class than they are Mr Garcia looks down on anyone who hasn’t had a college education. → look→ See Verb tableExamples from the Corpuslook down on • After all, he is a member of an elite media establishment that both fears and looks down on the talk phenomenon.