stoop to sth
disapproving— phrasal verb with stoop uk/stuːp/us/stuːp/verb [ I ]
to lower your moral standards by doing something that is unpleasant, dishonest, or unfair:
I don't believe she would ever stoop to bribery or blackmail.
[ + -ing verb ] He was amazed that a reputable firm would stoop to selling the names of their clients to other companies.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Humiliating and degrading
- abase
- be under a cloud idiom
- bring/take sb down a peg (or two) idiom
- bruise
- bruise sb's ego idiom
- compromise
- cut sb down to size idiom
- deflate
- degrade
- dishonour
- doghouse
- exhibition
- fall from grace idiom
- forget
- in the doghouse idiom
- indignity
- knock
- knock sb off their pedestal idiom 1
- knock sb off their pedestal
- peg
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