Stoop

  • 41stoop 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 * * * stoop to someone s level see ↑ …

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  • 42stoop-shoul|dered — «STOOP SHOHL duhrd», adjective. having a habitual stoop in the shoulders and back …

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  • 43stoop|ball — «STOOP BL», noun. U.S. a variation of baseball, usually played in city streets, in which a rubber ball is thrown against the stoop of a house or building and players on the opposing team try to catch the ball before it bounces …

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  • 44stoop-gallant — stoopˈ gallant noun (obsolete; also (Spenser) • • • Main Entry: ↑stoop …

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  • 45stoop so low — stoop/sink/so low phrase to do something very unfair or dishonest Just how low is the government prepared to stoop in order to win votes in next month’s election? Thesaurus: to do something dishonestsynonym Main entry: low …

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  • 46stoop so low (as to do something) — stoop so ˈlow (as to do sth) idiom (formal) to drop your moral standards far enough to do sth bad or unpleasant • She was unwilling to believe anyone would stoop so low as to steal a ring from a dead woman s finger. Main entry: ↑stoopidiom …

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  • 47stoop ball — stoop′ ball n. gam spo a form of baseball played by throwing a rubber ball against a staircase, bases being earned according to the number of bounces the ball makes before the opponents catch it • Etymology: 1940–45 …

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  • 48stoop labor — stoop′ la bor n. cvb the physical labor associated with the cultivation or picking of crops in farm fields • Etymology: 1945–50 …

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  • 49stoop labor — ☆ stoop labor n. work done by stooping, as in picking fruit from low growing plants …

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  • 50stoop labor — noun 1. : the work required or executed in cultivating or harvesting a stoop crop supports himself and his family by odd jobs and stoop labor in the fields Dwight Macdonald 2. : workers employed to cultivate or harvest stoop crops migrant workers …

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