do sb down
— phrasal verb with do uk/də//du//duː/us/də//du//duː/verb did, done
UK to criticize someone in order to make them feel ashamed or to make other people lose respect:
She felt that everyone in the meeting was trying to do her down.
Stop doing yourself down.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Insults & abuse
- arse-licker
- asshole
- be close to the bone idiom
- brickbat
- cut (sb) to the quick idiom
- denigrate
- fuck
- fuck you/them/it idiom
- give someone a mouthful idiom
- mouth
- mouthful
- name-calling
- score
- shit
- sledging
- snowflake
- stick
- take sb's name in vain idiom
- trifle
- trifle with sb/sth
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